Heritage Council of Victoria
Annual Report
2013-14
Published by the Heritage Council of
Victoria, Melbourne, September 2014.
Also published at www.heritage.vic.gov.au
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FRONT COVER: Bessiebelle sheepyards
and washes. A conservation project at
Bessiebelle was awarded the Heritage
Council’s Award (see page 25).
Image: Nikki Pevitt
CONTENTS
Report from the Chair ................................................................ 2
Heritage Council’s role .............................................................. 6
1
Objectives and Performance .............................................. 8
2
Advising the Minister for Planning .................................. 10
3
Victorian Heritage Register .............................................. 13
4
Permits and consents ....................................................... 20
5
Promoting Victoria’s cultural heritage............................. 25
6
Research ............................................................................ 34
7
Advice and Liaison ........................................................... 35
8
State of Cultural Heritage ................................................. 41
9
Heritage Council................................................................ 44
10 Financial and other Reports ............................................. 54
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Report from the Chair
The past year
This has been another busy year for the Heritage Council.
There has been an increase in the number of hearings and also in their
complexity. A total of 17 places/objects have been added to the Victorian
Heritage Register. Significant registrations over the past 12 months have
included two Modernist buildings - Mowbray College and Total House, several
substations associated with the electrification of Melbourne’s tram network,
and the entire length of the Yan Yean Water supply.
The Council has provided expert comment on a range of government
initiatives, including the State Planning Policy Framework, Plan Melbourne,
Victorian Coastal Council Strategy and Regional Coastal Plans, as well as the
Victorian Parliamentary Enquiry into Heritage Tourism and Eco tourism. At a
Federal level, the Heritage Council has provided a submission in relation to
the draft Australian Heritage Strategy.
The Council has also commenced work on a number of significant projects. It
is currently working on an audio tour to commemorate the ANZAC centenary.
We are developing guidelines to assist in the nomination and assessment of
landscapes as well as working with the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council
to develop a methodology for assessing places that are of significance to the
Aboriginal community and also satisfy one or more of the criteria for inclusion
on the Victorian Heritage Register.
The evolution of the Heritage Council – the last six years
I’ve been privileged to be Chair of the Council for the past six years. Over that
time the Council has been fortunate to be able to draw upon the expertise of a
number of eminent members. Together, we built an organisation that is well
governed, financially stable and independent. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank the members with whom I have worked and to reflect
upon some of the Council’s achievements over the pasts six years.
Recognising Significant Places
Over the past six years, 195 places and objects have been added to the
Victorian Heritage Register. Notable additions include:

several extensive sites such as The Domain and Great Ocean Road

Flemington Racecourse and Central Park, home to the Stawell Gift

transmitting and receiving stations which provided Australia’s first direct
communication with Britain

CSIRAC, Australia’s first computer

the Keith Haring Mural, the Cunningham Dax Collection and a 19 th
Century ‘crazy’ quilt

a coal dredger, a remote fire spotting tower and guns associated with
the defence of south-west Victoria.
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In addition, all regional botanic gardens were assessed and several included
in the VHR.
We also included several Moderne buildings: Yule House, Century building,
Mitchell House and some in the Brutalist style: Former Clyde Cameron
College in Wodonga and Melbourne’s Plumbers and Gasfitters Union
Building.
Managing Significant Places
As well as adding places to the Victorian Heritage Register, the Heritage
Council has also played a significant role in hearing appeals against decisions
made by the Executive Director in relation to permits. Over the past six years,
the Council has considered a number of major permit appeals for sites as
diverse as the Foy & Gibson complex and the Bacchus Marsh Avenue of
Honour.
New structures and new ways of communicating
The operations of the Council have been strengthened by the creation of an
independent Heritage Council Secretariat. The separation of the Secretariat
from Heritage Victoria has provided the Council with the administrative and
strategic support to deliver on its core functions under the Heritage Act.
The evolution of the internet has provided us with a new audience and new
ways in which to communicate. We are in the process of developing an
independent Heritage Council website. It will provide users with information
about the role of the Heritage Council, the process of appointment to the
Council and the Council’s hearings processes.
In addition, the website will provide regular news updates on heritage related
matters and serve as a repository for the project work that has been
commissioned by the Heritage Council. The site will include copies of the
Council’s project work and video and audio material that has been developed
for, on behalf of, or with the support of the Heritage Council.
Finally, the website will provide the Council with a space in which copies of
the various submissions and reports that it prepares can be disseminated.
The release of these documents is intended to both increase transparency
around the Council’s operations and promote public debate.
The new website is the latest in a long line of initiatives taken by the Heritage
Council to try and promote a greater awareness of the State’s heritage. It
follows on from the development of the Vic Heritage iPhone app, which was
voted best Government App in Australia in 2013 at the AIMIA and has brought
the Victorian Heritage Register to a wide audience, and enhanced their
appreciation of important heritage sites around the state. To date more than
10,000 people have downloaded the App.
The Strategic Plan
With the development and implementation of our first Strategic Plan, we have
articulated our Vision, Mission and Values and set priorities and key
performance measures.
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We have deliberately set out to broaden the audience of our work and the
understanding of what constitutes heritage – in particular ensuring the
significance of 20th century architecture is appreciated.
Other innovations have been the introduction of an annual Heritage Address,
held in partnership with Museums Victoria, which aims to attract a wide
audience to hear about heritage milestones and issues.
We also implemented an annual Heritage Volunteer Award, named in honour
of former long-serving Heritage Victoria Executive Director Ray Tonkin. The
award provides important recognition of the vital role of volunteers in the
heritage sector with recipients to date from both regional Victoria and
Melbourne.
Partnerships
The Heritage Council recognises that partnerships are often the most effective
way to deliver its project work.
The Council has actively pursued partnerships with a number of organisations
which share some of the Council’s strategic objectives. These include:
Heritage Victoria, Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council, Open House
Melbourne, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), the History Teacher’s
Association of Victoria and a number of academic institutions.
The partnership with Open House Melbourne has proved particularly effective.
As the ‘heritage’ partner, the Heritage Council is proud to support Open
House and sees the Open House program as a way of providing access to
significant places within the City and communicating the heritage values of
many of the places to a broader audience (approximately two thirds of the
buildings included on the program in 2013 are also included on the Victorian
Heritage Register). The Council was also pleased to support the first regional
Open House program in Geelong in November 2012 and is hopeful that there
will be further opportunities to develop the Open House program across the
State.
The Council has also forged key partnerships with educational institutions.
Last year a Series of case studies on the adaptive reuse of Industrial Heritage
sites was launched. The Heritage Council subsequently partnered with the
University of Melbourne to host a workshop to discuss the re-use of industrial
heritage sites.
Participation in the Heritage Chairs and Officials of Australia and New
Zealand (HCOANZ) has provided a forum for discussion on shared heritage
issues and the development of several projects from a project looking at
demand and gaps in traditional skills training, to technical guides on Salt
Attack and Rising Damp and Mortars. Another series of fact sheets, following
research commissioned by HCOANZ, provided owners with guidance on
improving the sustainable environmental performance of their homes from
early Victorian homes to contemporary builds.
The Heritage Council has also enjoyed considerable success working with
other areas of Government. In partnership with Heritage Victoria, it is currently
re-developing the Victorian Heritage Directory (the on-line version of the
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Victorian Heritage Register) while it is about to co-operate with Heritage
Victoria and the Veterans Unit on the development of a series of tours.
In terms of impact, however, the works on the Murtoa Grain Store are hard to
ignore. Over the past five years the Heritage Council has provided over
$1million worth of funding to carry out conservations works on the Murtoa
Grain Store (Stick Shed). The results have been spectacular. Numerous well
attended open days have vindicated those who pushed for its retention and
restoration.
The Future
I am proud of what has been achieved over the past six years and pleased to
leave behind a Council which is strong and ambitious in the pursuit of its
strategic objectives. I have every confidence that the current members of the
Council and its Secretariat will continue to promote the Council’s objectives
and continue to exercise its functions with diligence.
RECOGNISING COUNCIL MEMBERS
In 2013-14, we welcomed one new Councillor, Max Chester, who brings
valuable expertise in architecture and construction to assist in making our
heritage assessments and recognition for the Register.
On behalf of Council, I express my special thanks to Heritage Council
members who retired with me in June 2014: Professor Bill Logan (General
Heritage Expert), Helen Martin (alternate to the Chair), Helen Lardner
(Architect member) and Robert Sands (alternate Architect member).
FINANCES
In accordance with the Financial Management Act 1994, I am pleased to
present the Report of Operations for the Heritage Council of Victoria for the
year ending 30 June 2014.
DARYL JACKSON AO
Chair
Above left: Retiring Heritage Council Chair Daryl Jackson with his daughter Sarah, retiring member Helen Lardner
and former Deputy Chair Shelley Penn.
Centre: Retiring member Helen Martin with current members Bryn Davies and Don Kerr.
Right: (from left) Deputy Heritage Council Chair Jim Norris, photographer John Gollings and Mint Inc Executive
Officer Katrina Kimpton.
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Heritage Council
THE STATUTORY ROLE OF THE HERITAGE COUNCIL OF VICTORIA
The Heritage Council has the following statutory functions, as set out in the
Heritage Act 1995:

to advise the Minister on the state of Victoria’s cultural heritage resources
and on any steps necessary to protect and conserve them;

to promote public understanding of Victoria’s cultural heritage and develop
and conduct community information and education programs;

to develop, revise and publish from time to time the assessment criteria to
be used in considering the cultural heritage significance of places and
objects and determining whether those places or objects warrant inclusion
in the Heritage Register;

to add places or objects to the Heritage Register;

to remove places or objects from the Heritage Register, or to amend the
registration of an object or place;

to hear appeals against decisions of the Executive Director relating to
permits and applications for permits for undertakings or works affecting a
registered place or registered object;

to advise government departments and agencies and municipal councils
on matters relating to the protection and conservation of places and
objects of cultural heritage significance;

to advise the Minister administering the Planning and Environment Act
1987, on proposed amendments to planning schemes which may affect
the protection or conservation of places and objects of cultural heritage
significance;

to liaise with other bodies responsible for matters relating to the protection,
conservation, management and promotion of Victoria’s cultural heritage;

to initiate and undertake programs of research related to the identification,
conservation or interpretation of Victoria’s cultural heritage;

to report annually to the Minister on –
(i)
the carrying out of its functions under the (Heritage) Act;
and
(ii)
the state of Victoria’s cultural heritage; and
(iii)
the operation of this (Heritage) Act;

to provide the Minister annually with a business plan of its proposed works
and operations for the next year; and

to carry out any other functions conferred on the Heritage Council under
this Act or any other Act.
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OUR STATUTORY ROLE - IN SUMMARY
ADVISING THE MINISTER FOR PLANNING on Victoria’s cultural heritage
Determining which places and objects are included on the VICTORIAN
HERITAGE REGISTER
Hearing APPEALS against permit decisions of the Executive Director
PROMOTING public understanding of Victoria’s cultural heritage
ADVICE AND LIAISON to assist other bodies responsible for Victoria’s
heritage
Initiating and undertaking RESEARCH
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1.
Objectives and Performance
Key achievements
The Heritage Council of Victoria, in fulfilling its core responsibilities during
2013-14, achieved the following outcomes:
PROMOTION

Continued the History in Place project developed with Culture Victoria and
the History Teachers Association of Victoria to encourage students and
schools to link with their local community museum or heritage place to
make short films about local history.

Supported the increasingly successful Open House Melbourne as heritage
partner.

Presented the fourth Ray Tonkin Volunteer Award to organ specialist John
Maidment.

Presented the Heritage Council award to the Budj Bim Sustainability
Development Partnership for the Bessiebelle Conservation Project.

Hosted the sixth annual Heritage Address with Heritage Victoria’s
Executive Director Tim Smith as keynote speaker.

Supported a national heritage architecture award with Houses magazine.

Continued to support Channel 31’s Sacred Spaces with Heritage Council
members presenting their favourite places.
ADVISING THE MINISTER

Recommended funding of $328,000 to support local government heritage
advisory services and a further $100,000 for heritage studies and
implementation.

Responded to:
 State Planning Policy Framework
 Plan Melbourne
 Victorian Coastal Council Strategy
 Western, Gippsland and Central regional coastal plans
 Victorian Parliamentary Enquiry into Heritage Tourism and Eco tourism.
RESEARCH

Commissioned research into Community Perceptions of Heritage.

Launched the Industrial Heritage Case Studies and Issues Paper.
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ADVICE AND LIAISON

Presented a series of Heritage Skills workshops in regional Victoria.

Developed a Joint Working Group with the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage
Council to progress projects of shared interest.
PRIORITIES
The Heritage Council’s four year Strategic Plan, launched by the Minister for
Planning in September 2011, highlights its strategic directions and actions.
Among its key aims to improve connections between Victorians and their
Heritage resources, the Council demonstrated innovation by:

conducting a series of Heritage Skills workshops to enable owners and
managers to better manage heritage places and objects

developing a partnership with the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council,
forming a Joint Working Group to explore shared interests

providing annual forums to promote and implement the Victorian
Government Cultural Heritage Asset Management Principles

providing mobile access to the Victorian Heritage Register through the
award winning Vic Heritage iPhone app.
Heritage consultant David Young OAM (right) leads the Restoring Timber in Heritage Buildings at Gulf Station, one
of a series of Heritage Skills workshops.
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2.
Advising the Minister for Planning
One of the Heritage Council’s key roles is to advise the Minister for Planning
on the State of Victoria’s cultural (non-indigenous) heritage resources and any
steps necessary to protect and conserve them.
In particular, it recommended funding to local councils for heritage studies and
to enable the delivery of heritage advisor services (see Section 7.4) and
changes to the heritage grants program.
2.1
ENQUIRIES
The Heritage Council provided responses to enquiries and hearings during
the year, including:
 State Planning Policy Framework
 Plan Melbourne
 Victorian Coastal Council Strategy,
 Western, Gippsland and Central regional coastal plans
 Victorian Parliamentary Enquiry into Heritage Tourism and Eco tourism
 Draft Commonwealth Australian Heritage Strategy.
2.2
HERITAGE GRANTS
A new Heritage grants program was announced during the year to provide
efficient and effective support for Victoria's heritage places and objects. The
Heritage Council agreed to changes to the program, which will improve the
efficiency of heritage grant delivery as well as optimising outcomes for eligible
heritage places and objects.
The first round of Heritage grants administered by the Victorian Heritage
Restoration fund were announced in May 2013, with 16 community owned
and publicly managed heritage places funded for vital conservation works.
The Minister visited St Mary’s Church in Bairnsdale to announce funding
towards works to the slate roof.
The heritage grants are supplemented by $500,000 from the Victorian
Property Fund (VPF), part of a $1.5 million allocation over three years.
The VPF, administered by Consumer Affairs Victoria (CAV) under the Estate
Agents Act 1980, holds the deposits from all property transactions in Victoria.
The excess interest generated is used for a number of specific purposes set
out in the Act, which was amended in 2004 to include projects which protect
‘Victoria's natural and architectural heritage’.
A number of other grant programs which can support heritage places are also
available through the Victorian Government.
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2.3
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Under the Heritage Act, the Heritage Council also has the role of approving or
rejecting recommendations for loans and grants from the Heritage Fund. It
can also seek special assistance for owners through land tax remission.
No new grants were made but works at the Criterion Hotel, Sale (H0215) were
completed and the building was officially reopened by Deputy Premier and
local member Peter Ryan. Helen Martin represented the Heritage Council
and outlined the significance of the building built around 1865 with the
Commercial Travellers’ Sampling Rooms added in 1890.
An $85,000 Heritage Council grant enabled the iconic lace verandah to be
fully restored and in summer the upstairs verandah is popular with diners.
The near derelict hotel has been fully restored with a bar and dining room,
function centre and accommodation rooms. A bottle shop and parking area
replaced old outbuildings.
Deputy Premier and member for Gippsland South, Peter Ryan congratulates General Manager Andrew McDonald and
Andrew’s wife Louise, after unveiling a heritage blue plaque to officially re-open the Criterion Hotel (right).
Works also commenced at Bontharambo, Wangaratta (H0359) and further
works were undertaken East Loddon Station (H0480) under earlier funding
agreements.
Bontharambo, designed by architect Thomas Watts for Joseph Docker in the
late 1850s, has suffered severe destabilisation of the 1855 stable. The project
primarily involves conservation works to the stabilisation of the building’s
structure and includes the reinforcement of a significant number of structural
elements.
The collection, including bush furniture and fittings, original stock horse
saddles and working horse collars, is being identified, tag and relocated.
At East Loddon Station, conservation repairs have been carried out on the
woolshed and stabilisation works and repairs to the verandah and windows
are under way on the former cook house.
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2.4
LAND TAX REMISSION
Under section 144 of the Heritage Act, the Heritage Council may seek
approval, on behalf of an owner, to remit or defer payment of land tax
attributable to a place on the Victorian Heritage Register. The Heritage
Council must first seek consent from the Minister for Planning, before
approaching the Treasurer for approval. Although this is a form of financial
assistance, it is not financed through the Heritage Fund.
Currrent Land Tax Remission
Trades Hall and Literary Council, 2 Lygon Street, Carlton
2.5
WORLD HERITAGE MANAGEMENT PLAN
The Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens was inscribed on the
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
World Heritage List on 1 July 2004, becoming Australia’s first built heritage
site to be recognised by UNESCO.
In November the Planning Minister approved a management plan for the
world heritage listed site developed by the Steering Committee after extensive
public consultation.
The approved plan was sent to the Federal Minister who has since forwarded
it to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in Paris.
The Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens were gazetted in
November 2009, and a draft World Heritage Management Plan was released
in June 2011 for public comment and submissions invited.
The Plan is made up of five components:

World Heritage Management Plan (over-arching document)

Royal Exhibition and Carlton Gardens, Carlton, Conservation Management
Plan (October 2007, updated June 2008) prepared by Lovell Chen for
Heritage Victoria

Carlton Gardens Master Plan (May 2005) prepared by the City of
Melbourne

Royal Exhibition Building and Exhibition Reserve Master Plan (February
2007) prepared by Museum Victoria and endorsed by Museums Board of
Victoria

World Heritage Environs Area Strategy Plan: Royal Exhibition Building and
Carlton Gardens (2009) prepared by Lovell Chen for the Executive
Director (Heritage Victoria), modified by the Heritage Council of Victoria
and approved with amendments by the Minister for Planning.
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3.
Victorian Heritage Register
The Victorian Heritage Register provides the State’s highest level of legal
protection for our cultural (non-indigenous) heritage. The Heritage Council
determines which places and objects are of State heritage significance and
warrant inclusion in the Register.
3.1
ASSESSMENTS
When a place or object is nominated for the Register, Heritage Victoria
undertakes a thorough assessment of its cultural heritage significance. The
Executive Director, Heritage Victoria, publishes a recommendation on the
nomination, followed by a 60-day period for public submissions.
The Heritage Council then assesses the recommendation and considers any
submissions before making the final decision. A hearing may be held if
requested by interested parties. The Heritage Council can decide to include
the place or object on the Victorian Heritage Register, refer it to the relevant
local council to provide appropriate protection or recommend no heritage
protection. State heritage protection includes permit requirements for changes
or alterations to heritage places and objects.
ASSESSMENTS IN 2013-2014
NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED
NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS COMPLETED
37
33
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ADDITION TO THE REGISTER 26
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN PLANNING
SCHEME
0
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DID NOT RECOMMEND FOR ADDITION TO THE REGISTER 7
INTERIM PROTECTION ORDERS ISSUED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
0
INTERIM PROTECTION ORDERS ISSUED BY THE HERITAGE COUNCIL
0
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT REQUIRED A 2013-14 HERITAGE COUNCIL HEARING 7
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT REQUIRED A 2013-14 HERITAGE COUNCIL MEETING 2
HERITAGE COUNCIL DETERMINATIONS
ADDITIONS TO THE REGISTER
17
AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING REGISTRATIONS
6
REMOVALS FROM REGISTER
0
REFERRALS TO RELEVANT PLANNING AUTHORITY FOR INCLUSION IN PLANNING
SCHEME
1
TOTAL DETERMINATIONS
24
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3.2
THE REGISTER ONLINE
The Victorian Heritage Database (VHD) is well-used resource for anyone
wishing to research places and objects in the Victorian Heritage Register, the
Register of places and objects recognised as being of significance to the state
and other heritage listings.
The VHD includes all the original content of the Victorian Heritage Register
and the Victorian Heritage Inventory (all known historic archaeological sites).
Nineteen local councils, the Victorian Veterans Affairs and the National Trust
of Australia (Victoria) have also made information on their listings available
through the online database.
Behind the scenes, the secure Heritage Record Management Electronic
System (HERMES) database stores the data that is uploaded nightly to the
VHD. HERMES currently stores the digitised heritage data of 76 of Victoria’s
79 councils, and the councils are among a total 81 organisations that utilise
HERMES to manage their heritage information.
In the long term, it is hoped that all local council data stored in HERMES can
be made available via the VHD, resulting in a ‘one-stop shop’ for people
wanting information about Victoria’s historic cultural heritage.
In anticipation of this, work has begun to redevelop the Victorian Heritage
Database into an exciting new digital interface. Built with responsive design,
meaning a user will be able to access it on mobile, tablet or desktop, the new
VHD will allow researchers, students and professionals to create user
accounts, save searches, create tours and a myriad of other tools to allow
Victorian heritage information to be better used and explored.
The project is on track for the VHD to be launched in November 2014.
The award winning iPhone app, Vic Heritage, developed with support from the
Commonwealth Government, has also made the data from the Victorian
Heritage Register available to users to identify places and objects and
develop their own walking tours.
Find out more about places and objects on the Victorian Heritage Database at
www.heritage.vic.gov.au or on the free app Vic Heritage available from the
iTunes app store.
3.3
CERTIFICATES
Heritage certificates are used mainly by the conveyancing industry to reveal
whether a property is affected by the Heritage Act in any way.
In 2013-2014:

6,951 (an average of 579 per month) certificates were issued

640 (an average of 53 per month or around 9%) were affected by the
Heritage Act (or had a HERMES record).
These figures represent an increase of approximately 19% from the previous
year. The number of certificates issued tends to vary in line with activity in the
real estate market.
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3.4 PLACES ADDED TO THE VICTORIAN HERITAGE
REGISTER IN 2013-2014
The wide range of places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage
Register in 2013-14 include a collection of sites connected to the
electrification of Melbourne’s tram system, a ‘railway’ cemetery, a gold era
mansion and a railway buffet.
H2324 – CAMBERWELL TRAM SUBSTATION
30 Station Street, Camberwell. Boroondara City
Added December 2013
Built in 1925, this is one of five impressive
electrical substations built in the 1920s by the
Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board as
part of the electrification of Melbourne's tram
system, and is attributed to the Board's architect
Alan Monsborough.
H2325 – CARLTON TRAM SUBSTATION
214-222 Queensberry Street, Carlton. Melbourne
City
Added December 2013
Built in 1925, this is one of five impressive
electrical substations built in the 1920s by the
Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramway Board as part
of the electrification of Melbourne's tram system.
This one controls remotely all of Melbourne's other
substations.
H2331 – FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK
1187 Sydney Road and 100 Boundary Road,
Hadfield. Moreland City
Added February 2014
Fawkner Memorial Park commenced operations in
1906 as Victoria's second railway cemetery. It is
home to a rich collection of buildings, monuments
and landscape features which demonstrate
changing funerary practices and attitudes to the
commemoration of death.
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H2323 – FORMER
SUBSTATION
ASCOT
VALE
TRAM
53 Maribyrnong Road, Ascot Vale.
Moonee Valley City
Added December 2013
Built in 1925, this is one of five impressive
electrical substations built in the 1920s by the
Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board as
part of the electrification of Melbourne's tram
system, and is attributed to the Board's architect
Alan Monsborough.
H2332 - FORMER CABLE TRAM ENGINE
HOUSE & TRAM SUBSTATION
253-263 Brunswick Road, Brunswick.
Moreland City
Added December 2013
This was built in 1887 as an engine house to
power the cable tram line along Sydney Road.
When the line was converted to electric traction in
1936 part of the building became a substation,
providing the trams with electric current
H2322 – FORMER
SUBSTATION
ELSTERNWICK
TRAM
6-8 Rusden Street, Elsternwick. Glen Eira City
Added December 2013
This is Melbourne's oldest free-standing tram
substation. It was built in 1914 by the Prahran &
Malvern Tramways Trust, and was operated by
the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board
from 1920 until ceasing operation in the late 1960s
H2336 – FORMER MELBOURNE TRAMWAYS
AND OMNIBUS COMPANY STABLES
1 Hopetoun Place, Fitzroy North. Yarra City
Added June 2014
Built in 1879-80 by the Melbourne Tramway &
Omnibus Company, which established the first
large-scale public transport system in Victoria, this
served as a stable for the horses needed for their
horse bus service from the city to North Fitzroy.
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H2319 – FORMER MOWBRAY COLLEGE
PATTERSON CAMPUS
102-112 Centenary Avenue, Kurunjang. Melton City
Added January 2014
This Postmodern style complex, designed in
stages by the architect Norman Day from 1982-97,
is an inventive example of 1980s school design.
Based on the concept of the school as a village, it
reflects the form and materials of the surrounding
houses.
H2320 - FORMER SOUTH YARRA TRAM
SUBSTATION
2 Daly Street, South Yarra. Stonnington City
Added December 2013
Built in 1927, this one of five impressive electrical
substations built in the 1920s by the Melbourne &
Metropolitan Tramways Board as part of the
electrification of Melbourne's tram system, and is
attributed to the Board's architect Alan
Monsborough.
H2211 – FORTUNA VILLA
22-48 Chum Street, Golden Square.
Greater Bendigo City
Added December 2013
This outstanding mansion and garden were
developed from 1857 by the gold magnate
Christopher Ballerstedt, and from 1871 by George
Lansell, on the waste from their mining operations.
The site was used from 1942-2008 by the Royal
Australian Survey Corps.
H2321 – MARIBYRNONG TRAM SUBSTATION
149A and 149B Raleigh Road, Maribyrnong.
Maribyrnong City
Added December 2013
This is a unique surviving example of a nonmilitary building whose design was intended to
camouflage it during war. It was built in 1941-2 to
power trams used by workers employed at the
munitions factories in the area during World War
II.
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H2330 – MASTERS HOUSE,
Masters Landing, Murray River Reserve, River
Track, Gunbower. Campaspe Shire
Added August 2013
Three generations of the Masters family lived on
this site from the 1860s sustained by commercial
fishing and firewood collection. Their residence is
a rare surviving example of this once common
form of occupation of Crown Land.
H2327 – RAILWAY VIADUCT OVER MELTON
RESERVOIR
Brookfield and Exford and Melton South, Melton
City
Added August 2013
The Melton Viaduct was constructed for Victorian
Railways in 1886 as part of a direct rail route from
Melbourne to Ballarat and Western Victoria,
replacing the previous rail route to Ballarat, via
Geelong, and reflecting Ballarat's growing
economy and political influence.
H2338 – SAILORS' REST ELECTRIC SIGN
3 Moorabool Street, Geelong. Greater Geelong
City
The 1926 Sailors' Rest Electric Sign, a rare
surviving electric bulb sign from the era, was
designed to attract sailors to this Christian
temperance mission and divert them away from
alcohol and other temptations in town.
H2318 – TAGGERTY BUFFET CAR
34-40 Hammill Street, Donald. Buloke Shire
Added February 2014
This composite buffet and sitting car named
Taggerty was built at the Newport Railway
Workshops and used on the trains running
between Melbourne and Bendigo from 1937 to
1981. It is the earliest surviving air-conditioned
timber carriage in Victoria.
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H2329 – TOTAL HOUSE
170-190 Russell Street, Melbourne.
City
Melbourne
Added May 2014
Reflecting the post-World War II increase in car
ownership, this carpark complex is one of the
earliest expressions of the Brutalist style in
Victoria. Influenced by Japanese Brutalism, it
displays the massive raw concrete forms which
typify the style.
H2333 – YAN YEAN WATER SUPPLY
Clonbinane to Fitzroy North.
Constructed from 1853 as the first large-scale
engineered water supply system in Victoria, it was the
major source of water supply to Melbourne for more
than 30 years. It still forms part of Melbourne's water
supply and influenced the design of later systems.
AMENDMENTS
H1157 - CHEETHAM SALTWORKS
December 2013
H0316 - EXFORD HOMESTEAD (right),
December 2013
H0703 - FORMER HOFFMAN’S BRICKWORKS
February 2014
LINAY PAVILION, Ward 7 and 9,
ALFRED HOSPITAL,
August 2013
H0373 - ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA (right)
April 2014
H1598 - WARRAGUL RAILWAY STATION
August 2013
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4.
Permits and consents
Changes to places or objects on the Victorian Heritage Register require a
permit from the Executive Director, Heritage Victoria. When a permit decision
by the Executive Director is appealed, the Heritage Council hears the appeal
and decides the outcome. Works to excavate or damage an archaeological
site require a consent from the Executive Director, Heritage Victoria.
4.1
PERMITS
Significant permits issued during the year included the restoration of the
Haring mural, restoring its vibrant colours and lines, and works to convert the
former Bendigo Gaol, one of Victoria's earliest gaols and once the oldest
operating gaol in the state, to a theatre.
Melbourne’s famous Keith Haring Mural (H2055), on the wall of the former
Collingwood Technical College, was painted by Haring on his 1984 trip to
Australia, and is one of 31 known Haring murals in the world. It was included
in the Victorian Heritage Register in 2004.
The mural was conserved by Italian wall painting conservators Antonio Rava
and Filippo Rava under the conditions of a permit issued by Heritage Victoria.
With previous experience working on another Haring mural, the large-scale
Tuttomondo mural in Pisa Italy, Antonio’s appointment was praised by Julia
Gruen, Executive Director of the USA-based Keith Haring Foundation, who
described Mr Rava’s past work as ‘extraordinary’.
The restoration of the dilapidated Melbourne Haring mural is a story of great
skill and perseverance. The mural was assumed to have faded, with the
yellow pigment covered by a white layer. The father-and-son conservators
used hundreds of rubber erasers to remove this white layer to reveal the
original yellow paint. The painting’s once vibrant red lines were peeling off the
wall and the Ravas used heat to re-attach the remaining traces of red paint to
the wall. A thin red glaze was used to fill in the losses and restore the original
vibrancy of Haring's dynamic technique. The green lines were in excellent
condition and did not require any treatment. Once the conservation of the
paint was completed, the whole painting was covered with a hydrophobic
layer to protect the paint and cement from water.
There is more information about the mural, and a short video of Haring
painting the mural in 1984 on the Arts Victoria website.
HM Prison Bendigo (H1550) is being converted to a 1000 seat Community
Theatre.
Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan
and Minister for Planning Matthew Guy inspected the former Prison at
Bendigo during a regional Cabinet meeting in the city in August 2013
The focus of the visit was a recently uncovered circular iron staircase leading
to an unlined earth tunnel below one of the prison wings.
Work on the $25.8 million redevelopment to transform the 150 year old prison
uncovered the stairs as workers jack hammered through a concrete floor.
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It is presumed prisoner’s meals were brought up the spiral stair which linked
the basement kitchen area with the central vestibule space.
During the period 1864-1871 prisoners were required to consume their meals
in their own cells when the ‘separate system’ aimed to prevent any contact
whatsoever between prisoners.
Prisoners each spent 23 hours of each day in their own cell and had one hour
of supervised physical exercise in the open yards, also separated from other
prisoners.
After the recommendations of the Stawell Royal Commission into prison
operations were adopted in 1871, prisoners were required to work in teams
and separation was no longer possible.
The reinforced concrete slab that has been broken to reveal the stairway was
probably built some time after the fire in the prison chapel in 1956. (Concrete
reinforced with steel mesh was not employed in building works during the 19th
century, only becoming common after the first decade or two of the 20 th
century.)
Bendigo Prison Complex was built as Sandhurst Gaol in 1861-64 on a hill
overlooking the town. Designed on the panopticon principle (a building
arranged so that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point) by
Samuel Wright and C.G. Ross of Victoria's Public Works Department, the
prison retains the major fabric of its two original cell wings, central hall, and
external wall, residences and towers.
ABOVE LEFT: Minister Guy, local member Damien Drum, Stan Laicos from Bendigo City Council and Minister
Ryan at the former Bendigo Prison.
ABOVE CENTRE: Peter Ryan and Matthew Guy inspect the staircase (right).
4.2
CONSERVATION CENTRE
In November 2013 Heritage Victoria announced changes to the historical
archaeological and shipwreck artefacts conservation processes.
Until that time artefacts recovered from archaeological investigation approved
under the Heritage Act 1995 had been conserved by Heritage Victoria staff
and stored at the Conservation Centre in Abbotsford. In most cases, the
applicant had been required to provide funds to Heritage Victoria to partly
subsidise artefact conservation and collection management.
In February 2014 Heritage Victoria ceased providing conservation services.
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The requirement for artefacts to be conserved will continue to be conditioned
through Heritage Act approvals, but there is now a requirement for
appropriately qualified conservators from the private sector to be engaged to
provide artefact conservation services. The focus of Heritage Victoria’s work
is now on ensuring compliance with the conditions of the Heritage Act
approvals that require high-quality conservation work to be undertaken for
significant recovered artefacts.
In addition, Heritage Victoria's Archaeology team has revised the Guidelines
for Investigating Historical Archaeological Artefacts and Sites to provide a
clear policy framework for all stakeholders.
Heritage Victoria continues to manage and curate the collection of historical
and maritime artefacts recovered from excavations across the state. Heritage
Victoria, in partnership with the Heritage Council, is always keen to maximise
the use of the collection for research, and for the engagement and promotion
of heritage throughout the wider community.
During 2013-14, the centre provided artefacts and expertise to the Secret
Lives exhibition at Melbourne University (see page 23), and provided objects
from the 1998 Eureka excavation for display at the Museum of Australian
Democracy at Eureka (M.A.D.E) in Ballarat, and for Public Record Office
Victoria’s Sailing into Melbourne exhibition at Old Treasury which includes
artefacts recovered from two shipwrecks in Port Phillip Bay: the Joanna and
the City of Launceston.
The sunvalve and components of the lantern from the Former Hovell Pile
Light were loaned to the Queenscliffe Maritime Museum for permanent
display. The Pile Light was wrecked in a storm in 1938 and rediscovered in
2005.
Preston’s Bell Primary School used a box of ‘hands-on’ objects from the
Conservation Centre in a pilot project for grades five and six. The objects
were used as part of the history speciality area at a research ‘taster’ day for
the students. Along with design, science and social justice sections, the
history area provided a taste of different research tools.
The artefacts were placed next to a mocked up excavation to help students
understand what artefacts might be discovered and what information these
could provide.
Conservation Centre staff again taught two subjects for the Certificate IV in
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Management program, a nationally accredited
course registered by the Office of Aboriginal Affairs Victoria and hosted by La
Trobe University. The course consists of 12 core units and five electives and
this 2013 group was the fourth group of students to complete the course,
which started in 2010.
Four tertiary students accessed the collection to write theses on particular
assemblages, two work experience students spent time at the Centre and
undergraduates from Latrobe University toured the Centre in late 2013.
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SECRET LIVES
In April 2014, the exhibition Secret Lives, Forgotten Stories: Highlights from
Heritage Victoria's Archaeological Collection was launched at the Ian Potter
Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne, with a crowd of more than 130
in attendance.
The exhibition was curated by Dr Andrew Jamieson from the University's
Centre for Classics and Archaeology and Heritage Victoria's Senior
Archaeologist Jeremy Smith, with assistance from collections manager Annie
Muir. It is the first time that a collaboration has taken place between the
Heritage Council, Heritage Victoria, the University of Melbourne and the Ian
Potter Museum.
The exhibition features archaeological artefacts from eight of Victoria's most
significant sites, and traces Victoria's settlement and growth from convict
times, through the years of the whaling industry and the goldrush, up to the
birth of Marvellous Melbourne.
In many ways the exhibition is a 'coming of age' for historical archaeology in
Victoria. The exhibition draws on many of the remarkable finds that have been
made during recent excavations in Victoria, and is a strong testament to the
level of protection that exists for Archaeology under the Heritage Act.
In selecting the artefacts for Secret Lives, Forgotten Stories the curators
looked for sites where the archaeological evidence provided unique or
previously unknown information about the stories or history of a place – sites
where the archaeology can reveal things that cannot be learnt from standard
historical sources.
Two artefacts (among the very oldest historical items ever found in Victoria)
have been included from the failed 1803 convict settlement at Sullivan Bay.
While very few objects from the fledging colony's whaling industry have
survived, the exhibition includes an object from the whaleship Cheviot, which
wrecked off Wilsons Promontory in 1854.
The exhibition also includes artefacts from the Ned Kelly burial site at the
former Pentridge Prison, a pistol that may have been used at the Eureka
Stockade (above right), a mysterious coin dated 1697 found in the ruins of
Viewbank homestead near Heidelberg, and artefacts from the shipwreck City
of Launceston (above left) which sunk in Port Phillip Bay in 1865.
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The exhibition has been supported by a series of expert floor talks and
lectures, and has been a popular excursion and teaching opportunity for
school and University students. It has received extensive and positive print
and radio media coverage. The exhibition runs until 12 October 2014, by
which time it will have been seen by more than 12,000 visitors.
Above left: At the launch of Secret Lives (from left) Tim Smith and Jeremy Smith from Heritage Victoria, exhibition
curator Andrew Jamieson, and Kelly Gellatly, Director of the Potter at Melbourne University.
Centre and right: Visitors inspect the artefacts on display.
Permits and Appeals in 2013-2014
Total permits issued by the Executive Director
205
Cost of works covered by permits issued
$526,523,598
Permit exemptions issued by the Executive Director pursuant to section 66(3)
602
Cost of works covered by permit exemptions
$43,414,589
Total value of works covered by Heritage Permits and exemptions
$569,938,187
Permits amended
Permit Amendments refused
Permits refused
Appeals lodged with Heritage Council
Appeals determined by Heritage Council
Appeals called in by Minister for Planning
Appeals withdrawn
Appeals pending (as at June 30, 2014)
74
6
4
6
4
0
0
2
Archaeological consents
Consents to Damage (over half of site)
27
Consents to Damage (under half of site)
19
Consents to Excavate
17
Total
63
(Plus 7 permits, 19 permit exemptions and two permit amendments issued for works on
Archaeological places on the VHR included in permit figures.)
Maritime Permits
Permits under Victorian Act
Extension
Permits under Commonwealth Act
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4
1
2
Image: Nikki Pevitt
5.
Promoting Victoria’s cultural heritage
The Heritage Council works to promote public understanding of Victoria's
cultural (non-Indigenous) heritage. This is its statutory role and part of an
organisational view that building appreciation of our heritage is the first step in
ensuring it is well cared for into the future.
Image Stacey Schack
5.1
HERITAGE COUNCIL AWARD
The Heritage Council of Victoria Award was presented to the Budj Bim
Sustainable Development Partnership for the Bessiebelle Conservation
Project (top).
Deputy Heritage Council Chair Jim Norris presented the $2000 award and
framed certificates to Partnership representatives, Eileen Alberts (above left),
chair of the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation and
Roslyn Pevitt (above right), chair of the Winda Mara Aboriginal Corporation.
The Bessiebelle Sheepwashes and Yards site is the largest and most
sophisticated surviving example of a traditional pastoral property sheepwash
in Victoria. It is considered to be of State Significance and, as such, is
included in the Victorian Heritage Register.
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The sheepwashes are located on what was the Ardonachie Run established
in 1848 by pastoralist and Scottish émigré Samuel Gorrie.
It is believed the washes and walls were constructed between 1848 and 1864
and Samuel Gorrie employed workers from the Lake Condah Mission to help
construct the dry stone walls.
In utilizing the land formations and the volcanic stone that was present in
abundance, these settlers were emulating the Gunditjmara traditional owners
who engineered the world’s oldest freshwater aquaculture system along the
Mount Eccles lava flow.
Similarly the conservation project, funded by a Heritage Grant and guided by
Context Pty Ltd, was a joint project with the Winda Mara Aboriginal
Corporation and Budj Bim rangers playing key roles.
Stonemason Brett Pevitt’s role continued a long tradition of the landscape
inspiring its occupants with his skills inspired by his Gunditjmara heritage of
stonework and the influence of his Uncle Willy Alberts.
Brett’s skills were invaluable in the conservation work at Bessiebelle and he
has worked on a wide range of stonework and art projects.
The restoration of the Bessiebelle Sheepwashes will enhance the Budj Bim
Sustainable Development Partnership’s work in tourism and heritage
recognition, and ensure generations to come can continue to appreciate the
ingenuity and skill involved in the construction.
Stonemason Brett Pevitt inspects some completed works on a drystone wall at Bessiebelle.
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Image Nikki Pevitt
5.2
WHAT HOUSE IS THAT?
In a partnership with Period Home Renovator magazine, What House is That?
the popular housing style guide first produced in 2004, the Year of the Built
Environment, was reproduced in the magazine and expanded to include Old
Colonial Georgian and Colonial Regency, housing styles not covered in the
original production because they are so rarely found in Victoria.
The 2014 Period Home Renovator also featured the heritage grant-funded
works at Walhalla Post Office which saw the early wallpapers restored and
encouraged other owners retain and restore rare finishes.
Another feature on restoration of heritage homes emphasised the sustainable
benefits of retaining heritage buildings and explained heritage listings, guiding
principles and suggestions on where to find guidance.
5.3
VICTORIAN HERITAGE DATABASE
The Victorian Heritage Database (VHD) has long been used as a tool for
students and researchers, property purchasers wanting to understand the
heritage status of a place, and people who just want to better understand the
heritage of their locality.
To better meet growing usage and expectations, work on redeveloping the
Victorian Heritage Database (VHD) has progressed. The new VHD is being
redesigned with a fresh interface and enhanced functionality, it will be
optimised for mobile and tablet devices, and will enable the capture of usergenerated content.
5.4
EDUCATION
In 2012 the Heritage Council, in partnership with the History Teachers'
Association of Victoria and Culture Victoria, received a grant of $18,000 from
the Telematics Trust to pilot an innovative education program linking primary
schools with their local community museum.
History in Place was launched in September, following the successful pilot in
six primary schools and community museums in January to June 2013.
Following the launch, two free professional development sessions ran for
interested teachers, museums and historical societies to teach the History in
Place model. A number of organisations are running the program themselves
in 2014, including Yarra Ranges Museum and a variety of national Trust
properties in Victoria and South Australia.
5.5
HERITAGE ADDRESS
In April 2013 the Heritage Council, in partnership with Museum Victoria,
presented the fifth annual Heritage Address featuring Heritage Victoria’s
Executive Director Tim Smith.
Rear Admiral Peter Briggs, chairman of the AE2 Commemorative Foundation
Ltd., introduced the keynote speaker Tim Smith.
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Rear Admiral Briggs, who had a distinguished naval career including
commanding two submarines, has now set his sights on the AE2 Silent Anzac
project. He is a leading advocate for telling this remarkable story and bringing
international attention to the crew’s feats and heads up the team mapping this
remarkable site.
Tim, a leading maritime archaeology practitioner, spoke about his involvement
in numerous significant projects including his archaeological management of
the AE2 (1915) submarine sunk in the Dardanelles Strait, Turkey, post its
1998 discovery, with the AE2 Commemorative Foundation Ltd.
After patrolling German New Guinea and Fiji, it returned to the Mediterranean,
and was assigned to the Dardanelles Campaign where it was the first
submarine to successfully penetrate the waterway. With orders to "run amok"
inside Turkish territory, AE2 operated for five days before mechanical faults
forced her to the surface, where she was damaged. The submarine was
scuttled by her crew, all of whom were captured. AE2 was the only RAN
vessel lost to enemy action during World War I.
Tim also talked about his involvement in the
sunk off Rabaul (1914); his 2010 battlefield
Cove and Suvla Bay; and recent survey work
War battle cruiser HMAS Australia off Sydney
in Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay.
search for the AE1 submarine
landscape surveys at ANZAC
at the wreck of the First World
and J-Class submarine wrecks
LEFT: At the Heritage Address keynote speaker Tim Smith and MC Rear Admiral Peter Briggs with a model of the
AE2. The Ray Tonkin Award (centre) and Heritage Volunteer John Maidment (left) with Jim Norris.
Tim Smith also delivered the 2013 Weston Bate Lecture on 23 October at
Sovereign Hill, speaking on ‘Heritage Sacrificed – the military heritage legacy
at sea of Australia's involvement in the Great War’.
Tim covered his archaeological management of the AE2 (1915) submarine
sunk in the Dardanelles Strait, his involvement in the search for the AE1
submarine sunk off Rabaul (1914), his battlefield landscape surveys at
ANZAC Cove and Suvla Bay, recent survey work at the wreck of the WW1
battle cruiser HMAS Australia off Sydney and J-Class submarines.
The illustrated talk examined how the knowledge of Australia’s naval
engagements in the First World War has been ‘sacrificed’ – both in terms of
collective memory over the last nearly 100 years, and also in response to
Australia’s greater emphasis on Army heritage.
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5.6
RAY TONKIN AWARD
Organ enthusiast John Maidment was presented with the fourth annual Ray
Tonkin Award for Heritage Volunteer service at the Address.
John, who has advised on the restoration of some of the country’s most
significant organs over the past 40 years, was presented with his award by
Deputy Chair of the Heritage Council Jim Norris.
Jim said John had been recognised for his tireless work since the 1970s,
documenting and overseeing the restoration of Victoria’s significant heritage
pipe organs.
Co-founder and chairman of the Organ Historical Trust of Australia (OHTA) in
1977, Mr Maidment was driven to establish the organisation following a period
when major significant pipe organs in Australia, such as the 1880 Grand
Organ in Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building, were destroyed and broken
up for scrap metal.
Since OHTA's establishment, many significant instruments have been
carefully conserved to international standards. Mr Maidment has identified the
most important of Victoria's pipe organs and nominated them for the Victorian
Heritage Register.
Among a long list, he has advised on the restoration of organs in St Paul’s
cathedral in Melbourne, St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church in West Melbourne,
St John’s church in Toorak, Scotch College and Heidelberg’s St John’s as
well as Brisbane’s City Hall and other venues in New Zealand.
Named after the former Executive Director of Heritage Victoria, the Ray
Tonkin award was created by the Heritage Council of Victoria four years ago
in recognition of the significant role volunteers play in the maintenance and
preservation of Victoria’s cultural heritage.
It is awarded on merit to individuals who have displayed an outstanding
commitment and service to heritage in Victoria.
5.7
APP
Vic Heritage, the iPhone app, continues its popularity, enabling users to
explore the architectural and historical gems of Melbourne and regional
Victoria, go on tours, and to add their own content.
Enhancing the heritage tourism experience, visitors to any town can search
‘Near Me’ and receive a map and list of heritage places nearby, or they can
search by place name, address, or architect or type of building to plan a visit.
The Vic Heritage app is free to download from iTunes and the perfect
companion for anyone with an interest in architecture and design, history and
heritage.
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5.8
ONLINE AND NEW MEDIA
The heritage website within the Department of Transport, Planning and Local
Infrastructure site received 381,283 page views during the year, an increase
of more than 25 per cent.
The website links to other new media including Flickr, Youtube and Twitter,
which complement the longstanding heritagechat Yahoo! Group.
The establishment of a stand alone Heritage Council website is underway,
due to be launched in October 2014. This will provide a platform to promote
the Council’s projects and publications, and will allow the public to engage
with its statutory processes.
The audience for the Heritage Council’s free e-newsletter Inherit continues to
grow. Copies are also available online.
5.9
OPEN HOUSE MELBOURE
This year’s Open House program featuring 111 properties open over the
weekend 27-28 July 2013 attracted 130,000 visits. Nine of the ten most visited
houses were heritage listed. Melbourne Town Hall and offices with almost
9,500 visits topped the list, followed by the State Library of Victoria and Old
Treasury Building.
Chairman of the Heritage Council Daryl Jackson AO and Minister for Planning
Matthew Guy were among the speakers at the first Speakers’ Series event on
26 June 2013 at Federation Square.
Reflecting the expansion of the program, the second event, Creative Spaces,
was held at the former Prahran Town Hall, Functions on Chapel, on 23 July
2013.
The Heritage Council has been the heritage partner of the event for several
years.
Hamer Hall at the Victorian Arts Centre was popular during Open House Melbourne.
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5.10 BLUE PLAQUES
The Heritage Council provides complimentary plaques for new and existing
places on the Victorian Heritage Register. The program assists owners and
managers of registered places to celebrate the significance of their property,
and share its history with the wider community. In 2013 Open House
Melbourne held a promotion encouraging visitors to spot the plaques.
5.11 HERITAGE COUNCIL TRIP
A former kindergarten which serves as a memorial to the Ash Wednesday
bushfires was among the sites visited by the Heritage Council during its
regional trip to the Yarra Ranges and Cardinia region last year.
The former Cockatoo Kindergarten site was an evocative stop for council
members who learnt about the values held by the community for this place. It
served as a refuge for more than 300 people as the Ash Wednesday
bushfires raged in 1983 but has since fallen into disrepair. The site will
become a memorial and information centre for the area.
The Council also saw how the History in Place project has worked for Yarra
Ranges council and the Yarra Ranges museum. The National Trust gave the
Council a tour of Gulf Station and the Council saw first-hand some of the great
conservation work that has been undertaken there.
Another highlight of the trip was a visit to Coranderrk, together with the
Aboriginal Heritage Council.
Coranderrk's history is extraordinary, but largely unknown by many Victorians.
Established in 1863 by the government for dispossessed indigenous people,
the Coranderrk reserve became a successful enterprise for the Aborigines
living there, producing crops and crafts that were sold in the area and in
Melbourne's markets. It also became the epicentre of the local indigenous
rights movement.
The Council was kindly taken around Coranderrk by descendents of original
inhabitants. They were delighted to hear about the success of the Coranderrk
festival held earlier in the year.
The annual trip is an opportunity for the Council to learn about heritage
initiatives and challenges in different regions while promoting heritage and
offering conservation and management advice.
5.12 MEDIA
The Heritage Council continued to develop strong relationships with the
media, actively promoting all new additions to the Victorian Heritage Register
and other key decisions and working with media to provide background for
numerous articles on heritage properties, adaptive re-use and archaeology.
There was consistent coverage of new inclusions in the Victorian Heritage
Register, particularly in the relevant local media.
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5.13 HOUSES AWARD
The Heritage Council of Victoria again partnered with ‘Houses’ magazine to
present the Heritage Award in 2013, one of eight categories celebrating
Australia’s best residential projects.
This 2013 winner was Zoe Geyer, with her project in part of Queen Bess Row,
Hotham Street, East Melbourne. The jury said she had “wrought a fine,
beautifully detailed modern dwelling befitting of its location and heritage
status.
Queen Bess Row was built in 1886-7 for the remarkable Alice Ann Cornwall,
35, a successful mining industry investor, whose Midas mine was the source
of the Lady Loch nugget around the same time.
Designed by the Melbourne architects Tappin Gilbert and Dennehy, Queen
Bess Row is made up of three houses that appear to be one large fourstoreyed mansion with a central Flemish-influenced gable and two minor
pediments over the flanking wings.
The Heritage category was introduced to recognise the complex area at the
juncture between contemporary life and places with heritage significance and
for 2014 has been revised as House in a Heritage Context.
Above: Left, Queen Bess Row. Centre: Architect Zoe Geyer helps at out the filming with Video Producer JohnCarl Mazzarotta (left) and cameraman/sound Laurie Hall. Right: Sacred Spaces presenter Micaela Drieberg and
the Heritage Council’s Robert Sands.
5.14 SACRED SPACES
The winner of the Houses heritage award featured in the new series of
‘Sacred Spaces’ broadcast on Channel 31.
Architect member Robert Sands, who presented the award, toured the project
in Queen Bess Row for the show.
Queen Bess Row was built in 1886-7 for the remarkable Alice Ann Cornwall,
35, a successful mining industry investor, whose Midas mine was the source
of the Lady Loch nugget around the same time.
The project retains the scale and grandeur of the front rooms and highlights
many original features such as the bluestone footings, the servants’ stairwell
and the oven alcoves in the family kitchen.
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Changes were made to the layout of smaller rooms in the rear section to
accommodate spacious bathrooms and bedrooms. The section linking the
two parts, which once accommodated toilets for each floor, now houses a
glazed elevator.
‘Sacred Spaces’ focusses on architecture, heritage and design, presented
from the viewpoint of a wide range of professionals each season. It has been
supported by the Heritage Council for several years.
5.15 PUBLICATION
The Heritage Council supported the publication Cultivating Modernism:
Reading the modern garden 1917-71, by Melbourne-based architect, historian
and curator Richard Aitken.
Described as ‘part history, part guide, part source book’ the book was
launched by Philip Goad at the University of Melbourne and supported by
exhibitions at the National Trust’s Tasma Terrace Gallery and in the Baillieu
Library building at the University of Melbourne.
5.16 OPEN DAY
Harp music filled the cavernous Murtoa Stick Shed during Murtoa’s BIG
Weekend in October (below), providing an unexpected experience for visitors
to the open days, prompting the suggestion it could be Western Victoria's new
concert venue.
The sound of the strings filled the whole place, sounding as clear at each end
of the building as it did in the centre one visitor noted.
Around 1700 visitors took advantage of the open days to visit the restored
1941 Murtoa Stick Shed, which also featured a juggler and acrobat.
The Marmalake Grain Store was erected by local workers in just five months
to deal with a glut of wheat during wartime when export opportunities were
limited.
It contains 560 unmilled poles which give it the name most know it by today.
It is the only remaining store of its type in Victoria. The Heritage Council of
Victoria has spent $1.6 million on its restoration and the open days continue
to attract large crowds.
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6.
Research
The Heritage Council initiates and undertakes research to identify Victoria’s
heritage and assist in its conservation and interpretation.
6.1
INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
In July 2013 the Heritage Council, in partnership with the University of
Melbourne’s Melbourne School of Design, launched the Industrial Heritage
Case Studies and Issues Paper at a public symposium. The event drew over
170 architects, students, policy makers and others to debate the best ways to
integrate industrial heritage into our cities ad landscapes.
Spanning a range of types of places and former uses, the case studies
challenge and inspire us make the most of the state's rich industrial heritage
and feature impressive adaptations by innovative contemporary architectural
practices.
The case studies and issues paper are available online
http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/heritage/projects-and-programs/industrialheritage-case-studies
6.2
at
COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF HERITAGE
In 2014 the council engaged a consultant to conduct a literature review and
report on community perceptions of heritage. This illuminating report will
inform the Council’s engagement and communications activities for 2014/15.
6.3
NATIONAL DATA COLLECTION
Victoria continued to support the National Data Collection project now led by
the Commonwealth. The project provides a national perspective on heritage
management in Australia.
Combining data from the heritage councils and heritage agencies of the
Australian Commonwealth, States and Territories, the project is a response to
the Productivity Commission’s 2006 inquiry, which identified a lack of national
heritage data.
The data collected and analysed includes the typology of assets on heritage
registers, the number of places receiving heritage grants, the financial value
of conservation work being approved and national data on visitation and
tourism for heritage places.
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7.
Advice and Liaison
The Heritage Council has an advice and liaison role to assist other bodies and
individuals with responsibilities in heritage protection and conservation in
Victoria. This includes local government, community organisations and
heritage owners/managers. (It also provides advice and support through
public events, some of which are listed in Section 4.)
Hands-on practical work for participants in the Dealing with Damp workshop held at The Briars with David Young
(second image from left).
7.1
HERITAGE SKILLS WORKSHOPS
A series Heritage Skills Workshops was presented by the Heritage Council of
Victoria, the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure and
the National Trust of Australia (Victoria). The project was supported through
funding from the Australian Government’s Your Community Heritage
Program.
Aimed at tradespeople and owners and managers of historic buildings, each
course was led by heritage consultant David Young OAM and involved
practical illustration of the issues through examples at the specially selected
venues.
The first workshop, Restoring Timber in Historic Buildings, held at Gulf
Station in November 2013 covered wood anatomy, fungal rot, borers, termites
and conservation and repairs.
Looking after War Memorials and Honour Rolls was held at Bendigo RSL
on 28 February and covered the typical stones (granites, marbles,
sandstones), metals (bronze, copper) and other materials found in war
memorials, basic repairs and appropriate cleaning techniques and control of
biological stains like lichen and algae.
Heritage Victoria Materials
Conservation Heritage Officer Jenny Dickens, assisted with this course which
was also supported by Veterans.
Looking after Old Houses was held at the National Trust’s Geelong property
The Heights and provided participants with an understanding of the materials
used in the construction of older houses — stone, brick, mortars, plasters,
timber, metals and paints with an introductory talk: ‘Avoiding disasters — ten
things not to do’. It included avoiding problems with rising damp and salt
attack, eroding lime mortars, borers and termites and rust and corrosion on
corrugated iron roofs.
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The Briars Dealing with Damp course included plenty of hands-on practical
work as well as discovering how to manage relatively mild cases of dampness
in old houses through good housekeeping, and the fundamentals of dealing
with rising damp problems including how replacing (repointing) the lime mortar
joints can help dry out damp walls.
With support from Veterans, plans have been made for the highly successful
Looking after War Memorials and Honour Rolls to be repeated at several
locations around the state in 2014-15.
7.2
JOINT WORKING GROUP
The Heritage Council, in partnership with the Aboriginal Heritage Council, has
engaged heritage consultants to work on a joint project. The purpose of this
project is to enhance the recognition of Aboriginal and ‘shared’ values (e.g.
those of contact, exchange, conflict and interaction between Aboriginal and
non-Aboriginal people) for places recognised under the Heritage Act 1995. A
report and 10 case studies are due in December 2014.
7.3 LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTREACH, FUNDING AND
POLICY DEVELOPMENT
Heritage Advisory Services
Heritage Advisors provide free expert advice and support to property owners,
developers and the community. This includes providing advice on
development applications and heritage policy.
In 2013-14, 49 Councils received $328,000 in funds to appoint consultants to
deliver heritage advisory services across rural, regional and metropolitan
Melbourne.
The program is a dollar for dollar service with funds matched or exceeded by
councils.
A new resource for Councils has been released, an update of the standard
brief to employ heritage advisors. This was expanded to include information
for Councils on how to establish a heritage advisory service and the role and
purpose of the advisory service.
Studies
This year the Minister approved $100,000 in funding for the Moorabool Shire
(Western Area) Heritage Study Stage 2. This project involves assessing
places of significance initially identified under the first stage of the study,
finalising the Thematic Environmental History and making recommendations
for the conservation of the municipality’s cultural heritage.
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Local Government workshops
The Heritage Council supported funding for workshops and seminars for local
government officers and heritage advisors.
A local government heritage seminar was held on Friday 22 November 2013
at 1 Spring Street, Melbourne. This seminar followed the main Annual
Workshop for Local Government planners and advisors held in May 2013 in
Ballarat. The program covered approaches to the design of new buildings and
additions in heritage overlays, a training session in Stone Conservation, the
Greater Shepparton City Council’s Cultural Heritage Awards and results from
the Mornington Shire Council’s Heritage Owners Survey.
A training session on the use of HERMES, the secure Heritage Record
Management Electronic System (HERMES) was also held for local
government staff and heritage advisors in February 2014.
Local Government Heritage Advisors Toolkit
A training toolkit is being developed for heritage advisors and planners to use
to deliver heritage training to councils. This resource is intended to ensure
that:
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Councillors and Council staff make informed decisions about heritage
significance, impacts of development and how to manage change to
heritage places.
The professional capacity of statutory planners and property staff
managing local government owned heritage assets.
A resource exists to support time poor heritage advisors/planners
working in local government.
As an ongoing, digital resource, the toolkit may be updated to include local
content, to include new policies and case studies.
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7.4 STATE GOVERNMENT OUTREACH AND POLICY
DEVELOPMENT
Government Heritage Asset Management
The Cultural Heritage Asset Management Principles were formally adopted by
the Victorian Government in December 2009.
The 6th Annual Cultural Heritage Asset Management Forum for Government
was held in July 2013 in partnership with Melbourne Water.
The forum continues to be an important initiative that:
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provides an opportunity for Government heritage asset managers to
meet and exchange ideas, issues and solutions and to share expertise
helps develop skills in heritage conservation policy and practice
promotes successful case studies and creative solutions
promotes greater understanding and appreciation of cultural heritage
management.
The theme of the 2013 forum was ‘How to make the most of your heritage’
and speakers included Melbourne Water, the Port of Melbourne Corporation,
Arts Victoria, the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council, Parks Victoria and the
Department of Human Services.
Government Heritage Asset Audit
New guidance has been prepared to assist Victorian Government
departments and agencies that own, occupy or manage heritage assets.
The Victorian Government Asset Management – Conducting a Heritage Audit
toolkit provides a simple four-step methodology to assist government asset
managers with this task. The toolkit will be distributed to all Victorian
Government departments and agencies for implementation. This publication
provides guidance on undertaking an audit of the future maintenance and
improvement requirements of all government owned heritage properties to
ascertain the investment needed to guarantee their future upkeep.
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7.5
MARITIME
The Heritage Council has continued its support for maritime heritage projects
through the Maritime Heritage Advisory Committee.
The Heritage Council has continued its support for maritime heritage projects
through the Maritime Heritage Advisory Committee.
Wreck Inspections
Heritage Victoria maritime staff and volunteers completed inspections of ten
historic shipwrecks during the year. These included the City of Launceston,
Clarence, William Salthouse, Holyhead, Joanna, Black Witch II, Vixen,
Inverlochy, Dandenong and Minah
Partnerships
Heritage Victoria’s maritime staff has continued to work with Parks Victoria to
monitor the cultural and environmental values of historic shipwrecks in Marine
National parks through the implementation of the Parks Victoria Bioscan
project. Sites inspected are the Loch Ard at Port Campbell and the Inverlochy
off Barwon Heads.
During the year Heritage Victoria continued its in-kind contribution to the
Australian Research Council–funded ARC Linkage project on the historic
shipwreck Clarence, located off St Leonards in Port Phillip. The total value of
the project is close to $1 million including around $300,000 of in-kind support.
The project is using a range of technologies to excavate, study and preserve
an early colonial shipwreck at risk. It will ultimately develop a world-class
strategy for the in-situ preservation and management of endangered historic
shipwrecks.
The project will officially end in late 2014.
Heritage Victoria again partnered with Flinders University School of
Archaeology to deliver a Maritime Archaeological field school. The field school
provides an opportunity for Heritage Victoria to promote the research of
Victoria’s historic shipwrecks to masters and other post-graduate students. At
the same time as providing high quality survey and monitoring for significant
Victorian historic shipwrecks.
The outputs for the 2014 field school include:
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detailed surveying of the position of the Ventnor historic shipwreck at
Rhyll
search and re-discovery of the wrecks of the Vixen and the Dandenong
in the main shipping channel adjacent to Ventnor
continuation of the detailed recording of the wreck of the Historic
shipwreck Leven Lass
re-survey of the historic shipwreck Speke and its immediate
environment near Kitty Miller Bay.
Heritage Victoria continues to provide advice and support to the Maritime
Archaeology Association of Victoria (MAAV) on its project to complete a
detailed survey of the historic shipwreck Eleutheria, and on an ongoing joint
project with the Western Australian Maritime Museum to map the corrosion
environment of Port Phillip in order to better understand the factors affecting
the preservation of historic shipwrecks.
MAAV volunteers continue to provide diving and operational support to
Heritage Victoria’s maritime archaeological work.
Cerberus
Heritage Victoria continues its work with the Commonwealth Department of
Sustainability, Environment, Water, Planning and Communities Department,
Bayside Council, Parks Victoria, National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and
Friends of Cerberus to find a stabilisation solution for the site that addresses
the need to minimise the public risk posed by the Cerberus while at the same
time protecting the heritage values of the site.
Compliance
Several compliance patrols conducted during the year have resulted in one
official warning being issued to a fisher anchored within the City of
Launceston protected zone. It is noted that an increase in compliance patrols
and activity during the preceding year has resulted in increased awareness of
the law relating to historic shipwreck protected zones and an improvement in
compliance as a result.
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8.
State of Cultural Heritage
Appreciating Victoria’s Heritage: Past, Present and Future
The bark slab huts built for Batman and Fawkner in 1835-36, beginning
settlement alongside the Yarra, are now gone; so too the early wattle and
daub (clay) houses.
But the river, the urban grid and many Colonial buildings remain. Where there
were huts, the original Customs House opposite the river’s turning basin has
now become the Immigration Museum.
Batman chose to live on a hill, a few hundred metres down river in the Yarra
Basin, from where he could look up to the Flagstaff Hill and down to overview
the West Melbourne swamp, alive with game birds. From this vantage point
he could see the Maribyrnong joining the Yarra. He also had a garden, and
across the Yarra, once gold was discovered, a tent city for immigrant miners
provided shelter before they took the roads to Castlemaine, Bendigo and
Ballarat.
Batman’s presence was significant in the founding of Melbourne, but both the
hill and the home were removed to make way for the railway; the first piece of
infrastructure was the iron rails from Spencer Street to Flinders Street parallel
to the riverbank.
Everyone knows Flinders Street and the Station clocks, but sometimes we
forget that many of the street names within Robert Hoddle’s central city grid
record colonial discoveries and colonial administrators.
Matthew Flinders was the first person to circumnavigate Australia. It was in
1810 when he and George Bass got around to surveying Victoria’s diverse
coastline, the cliffs, the Westernport and Port Phillip. By experiencing the
ocean currents beyond these bays, they deduced that Tasmania (Van
Diemen’s Land then) was separated from an, as yet, unnamed Victoria.
Flinders attributed this discovery to George Bass, and it was named Bass
Strait. Its value for shipping was to cut some three weeks off the journey out
from Europe.
Maybe Flinders is not as famous (or popular) as Burke and Wills, but he is
important in history; acknowledged as a great sea captain, map maker and
navigator; equally as skilled as his mentors: James Cook, Arthur Phillip, and
William Bligh. Charts so accurately surveyed by Flinders under great
difficulties, now tested by newfound means, are still in circulation and admired
for their accuracy.
Sailing through the headlands of Port Phillip Bay, where the ‘Rip’ is a known
hazard, it is generally forgotten, or not known, that the twin forts on the
headlands of Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean were gun installations,
originally installed to fire giant cannon balls from the respective cliff tops, to
sink any marauding, foreign warships entering the Bay.
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As a result of the gold rush, the Victorian Treasury was ‘thought’ to have held
a Pandora’s Box of gold bars; and both the infant Victorian navy and colonial
military troops were placed ‘on guard’ in the 1880s-90s lest an attack on such
gold stocks was thought to be an easy catch. There was a view that an attack
on the gold vaults from the Bay by Russian naval ships was another serious
threat.
On a technical note, should the cannonade from each fort fail to sink a
prospective ‘pirate’ upon entry between the treacherous heads and within
‘lines of fire’, some few hundred metres from the shoreline of Rye-Rosebud
another gunport was located on a manmade island, built to deliver a knockout
broadside from a lower vantage point, as a last resort. The island – South
Channel Fort – remains and now houses a few seals along with a major
settlement of sea birds.
Because of its relative isolation and use as a quarantine station and military
establishment, Point Nepean offers a natural landscape of unpopulated beach
dunes; and even more lonely labyrinthine gun emplacements. On the
Queenscliff/Point Lonsdale front, a military presence and lighthouse were
definitely “off limits” until around 2000. Many of these facilities are now open
to public visitation and included in the Victorian Heritage Register.
The Register protects places as diverse as public gardens and shipwrecks, to
parts of the city’s fabric where summer memories of celebrated Test matches
and annual football finals held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
(MCG) hold sway.
In recognising the “value” of such diverse places we acknowledge a
dichotomy between the collective memories associated with a place and its
physical design - where historic association and occupancy come together.
Without such an understanding, the values we inherit may well be lost or
remain undiscovered in an undifferentiated world of neutrality or worse; the
unrecognisable, the impersonal and the uncared.
At the MCG, the heritage we revere are the heraldic moments that bring to
mind a contest recalled; celebrated again and again. The sporting public,
without having to define the values, takes the place for granted; simply for the
experience of seeing the football, the Test matches, and other grand
spectacles of sport.
Now, as one walks around the ground, there are the key emblems of ‘heroic’
statuary making an encirclement of past sporting deeds, so to register
“history” as event. There you will find Lillee and Warne, Bradman and
Ponsford, Matthews and Barassi, Reynolds and Coleman, Cuthbert and
Strickland.
Heritage is about history and storytelling, a necessary narrative where
collective and/or individual occasion becomes memorable. A family occasion
where a favourite grandparent is remembered or a school concert in which
one recites a poem, or a match winning goal for the team: all of these make
an impression and the moment enhances one’s self perception, even identity.
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Beyond these potentially rewarding experiences, human beings can generally
recall or appreciate their locale; to symbolise the characteristics of a
neighbourhood, to describe the attributes in a cognitive way, whether it be a
local park or a visit to the centre of Melbourne.
It is with these thoughts in mind that we all have to remember the qualities of
Melbourne’s proud liveability. Government today now has to propose and
signify the new without losing the old; to offer a vision, broad enough to
establish and regenerate a significantly memorable “new urban city” and not
just settle for an expansion of the mediocre or prosaic.
Heritage is about ideas, of living in a “place setting” that is memorable,
in which new generations will find the city’s past valued, but also find space
for the icons of the present to be recognised.
Returning to Melbourne’s central area. Here, within the four by eight central
city blocks laid out by Hoddle, there is an immense treasure chest from its
pre-Federation past within the key foundation elements of previous Victorians;
founding a great State Library, the Arts Centre and the University of
Melbourne.
Society today does not wish to replicate the past; simply appreciate and
recognise why past endeavours, in their own era, made Melbourne
“marvellous”. Visitors to Melbourne acclaim its formal grid layout; with so
many civic buildings and surrounding parks setting a highly regarded
benchmark that residents admire, and will aspire to see in the ongoing
planning of a new 21st century Melbourne.
As it in-fills the vacant industrial spaces surrounding the inner CBD and
establishes significant civic complexes, the design and construction of the
“new city” must be one that nurtures wellbeing, ensures safety and security in
the public realm and in all the artefacts we commit to recreation and
habitation.
This means getting the things we need in order to live into the future with
confidence – the values we seek may well form an enriched yet balanced
celebratory cocktail; not too sweet, not too dry:
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amenity and access: transportation
education and health: schools, universities, hospitals and local clinics
opportunities and economic wellbeing.
These are the imperatives we can and should create and care about. In so
doing there can be civility; inviting trust, neighbourliness; establishing
friendship; public establishments that engender education and encourage.
Daryl Jackson AO
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9.
Heritage Council
The Heritage Council of Victoria is an independent statutory authority
established under the Heritage Act 1995. The Council’s 10 members and 10
alternate members represent a broad cross-section of heritage specialists and
the community. Members are appointed by the Governor in Council on the
recommendation of the Minister for Planning.
9.1
Heritage Council Members
Heritage Council Members 2013-14
Chair
Daryl Jackson AO, Chair
Alternate
Helen Martin
The work of award winning architect Daryl Jackson is found across
Australia and overseas, encompassing everything from houses to huge
sporting stadia, apartments and offices to major educational and
commercial facilities. Other aspects of his work embrace significant
conservation projects including Sydney’s Conservatorium of Music, the
ill-fated Georges Department Store and the Immigration Museum in
Melbourne, the Hyatt Hotel in Canberra and the conservation and
redevelopment of Ballarat’s Camp Hill precinct for the University, now
known as Alfred Deakin Place.
Deputy Chair
Jim Norris
Alternate
Lindsay Merritt
Jim Norris has extensive experience in municipal governance and is
passionate about Regional Victoria. With a background in the
construction industry and post grad qualifications in Planning and
Community Development, he has been involved in the delivery of a large
number of projects, including the Australian Bicentennial Exhibition in
1988.
Jim served nine years on the Mount Alexander Shire Council, including
three terms as Mayor. He retired from the Council in 2008 but continues
to serve on its Heritage Advisory Board. In his role as Mayor, Jim played
a major role in pursuing the declaration of Australia’s first National
Heritage Park, the Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park. He is
also the Deputy Chair of the Workspace Australia.
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Archaeologist
Anita Smith
Alternate
Oona Nicolson
Dr Anita Smith is a Research Fellow in Archaeology, La Trobe
University. She has had extensive experience in archaeology and
heritage at state, national and international levels and is a current
member of the Australian delegation to the World Heritage Committee.
Historian
Keir Reeves
Alternate
Emma Russell
Professor Keir Reeves holds a chair in regional engagement at
Federation University Australia. He is particularly interested in how
regional development can drive sustainable communities. His current
research concentrates on Australia, Asia and the Pacific in the areas of
history, regional development and policy, and cultural heritage. Keir has
published on these areas in a number of leading international journals
and academic presses. He is currently involved in two major Australian
Research Council projects and has been a CI on three others.
Prior to joining Federation University he held roles at Monash University,
and held an ARC Post-doctoral position and lectureship at the University of Melbourne. He is
a Life Fellow at Clare Hall Cambridge and has been a Visiting Researcher at the McDonald
Institute, University of Cambridge. He has also previously been a Rydon and Bicentennial
Fellow at King's College London.
Architect
Helen Lardner
Alternate
Robert Sands
Helen Lardner is a registered architect and the director of the award
winning heritage conservation firm HLCD Pty Ltd which specialises in
providing strategic advice for conservation and adaptive reuse of
complex heritage places and undertaking analysis of cultural
significance. Helen is currently Vice President of Australia ICOMOS and
Coordinator for TICCIH in Australia, as well as an experienced heritage
advisor to local government. Helen has authored a number of heritage
planning guidelines, and has specialised skills in materials conservation.
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General Heritage Expert
William Logan
Alternate
Trish Vejby
William (Bill) Logan holds the UNESCO Chair in Heritage and Urbanism
and directs the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific at
Deakin University. He led CHCAP teams in thematic and methodological
studies for the Australian Government on 'Creating an Australian
Democracy' and 'Australians at War'. He works closely with UNESCO
and ICOMOS, most recently contributing to UNESCO's World Heritage:
Challenges for the Millennium (2007), writing State of Conservation
reports, and participating in reactive monitoring missions to Hue,
Vietnam, and Luang Prabang, Laos. He was President of Australia
ICOMOS 1999-2002.
Engineering/Building
Don Kerr
Alternate
Max Chester
Don Kerr has a 38-year career in structural and civil engineering with
extensive heritage experience. Following 35 years with the multidiscipline consultancy firm of Irwinconsult, Don established the specialist
structural engineering consultancy firm Kersulting in 2007. His major
projects included the New Parliament House, Canberra and the delivery
of projects in Australia, China and Southeast Asia..
Property Manager
Jon Hickman
Alternate
Peter Sagar
Mr Jon Hickman holds a Master of Business Administration degree from
the University of Melbourne and retired from the role of Deputy ViceChancellor at Victoria University in February 2012.
His previous management roles included a number of senior federal,
state and local government positions including Deputy Secretary
(Planning, Heritage and Market Information) in the Department of
Infrastructure, National Director at the Australian Crime Commission and
Chief Executive Officer of the City of Port Phillip and Deputy UnderTreasurer in the Tasmanian State Treasury.
As well as his role with the Heritage Council, Jon is Chair of the
Victorian Coastal Council, Deputy Chair of the Zoological Parks and Gardens Board of
Victoria and a member of the Board of the Anglican Diocesan Schools Commission.
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Lawyer
Mary Urquhart
Alternate
Tony Darvall
Mary Urquhart has qualifications in the Arts and Law. She has extensive
experience in Tribunals including as a Deputy President of VCAT and
the Deputy Commissioner of the Victorian Liquor Licensing Commission.
She is currently a full time member of the Migration Review Tribunal and
the Refugee Tribunal. She has practised as a Barrister in NSW and
Victoria.
National Trust
Ursula de Jong
Alternate
Bryn Davies
Dr Ursula de Jong is Senior Lecturer in art and architectural history,
School of Architecture and Building, Deakin University, where she chairs
the history/theory discipline and is Higher Degree by Research
Coordinator.
Ursula is an architectural historian who has specialised in 19th century
architectural history, particularly the work of architect William Wardell
[1823-1899]. Having recently published the book 'William Wardell and
Genazzano FCJ College' (2009), she is now working on a full length
biography of Wardell.
Ursula is also a Director of the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), and
Chair of the Trust's Cultural Heritage Committee. She has also had
considerable involvement in the creation of the Point Nepean National Park and is President
of the Nepean Conservation Group Inc.
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Joint Working Group
Maritime Heritage
Landscape Advisory
Archaeology
Permit appeals
Registration Meetings & IPOs
Registration hearings
Protocols
Heritage Policy & Practice
Finance
Communications
MEETINGS REPORT 2012-13
Council
9.2
Members
Daryl Jackson
6
3
Anita Smith
7
5
James Norris
8
6
Keir Reeves
5
Helen Lardner
6
Donald Kerr
4
Jon Hickman
7
Mary Urquhart
6
William Logan
6
Ursula de Jong
5
1
5
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
3
4
6
6
1
2
3
3
1
3
3
1
1
1
1
7
1
3
1
2
5
1
1
1
2
1
Alternates
Helen Martin
8
5
Oona Nicolson
0
6
Lindsay Merritt
7
Emma Russell
6
Max Chester*
7
Robert Sands
7
Peter Sagar
0
Anthony Darvall
6
Patricia Vejby
2
Bryn Davies
3
5
6
7
5
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
5
2
1
2
1
2
6
1
5
6
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
6
2
1
1
* Joined Council in August
Members and Alternates attended a range of other meetings and workshops.
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OUR COMMITTEES
Heritage Council Committees
Communications
Role
To direct and fund the public communications and promotion activities of the Heritage
Council, in response to the Council’s Strategic Plan adopted in September 2011.
Heritage Council Members
Jim Norris, Daryl Jackson AO, Emma Russell, Robert Sands, Anita Smith, Jon Hickman, Ursula de
Jong, Trish Veijby.
Chair
Jim Norris
Finance
Role
To monitor the operation and performance of the Heritage Fund. To provide advice to the
Heritage Council on the provision of financial assistance and expenditure against the
Heritage Fund.
Heritage Council Members
Jon Hickman, Don Kerr, Ursula de Jong, Lindsay Merritt.
Alternate to Dr de Jong: Emma Russell. Alternate to Mr Merritt: Keir Reeves
Chair
Jon Hickman
Heritage Policy and Practice
Role
To champion and support exemplary heritage conservation and practice
Heritage Council Members
Oona Nicolson, Helen Lardner, Peter Sagar, Keir Reeves, Bill Logan, Lindsay Merritt, Bryn
Davies, Helen Martin
Chair
Oona Nicolson
Permit Appeals
Role
To hear and determine appeals against the Executive Director’s determinations.
Heritage Council Members
All Members and Alternates
Chair
Robert Sands
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Protocols & Planning
Role
To provide the Heritage Council with policy advice. To develop protocols and procedures for
Heritage Council processes.
Heritage Council Members
Mary Urquhart, Bryn Davies, Helen Lardner, Anita Smith, Tony Darvall, Robert Sands
Chair
Mary Urquhart
Registrations
Role
To consider registration recommendations where submissions are made, and to hold
hearings and determine registrations on behalf of the Heritage Council.
Heritage Council Members
All Members and Alternates
Chair
Helen Lardner
Joint working group
HC/VAHC Joint Working Group
Role
To work towards a better understanding of places and objects with shared values.
Heritage Council Members
Bill Logan, Anita Smith, Bryn Davies
Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council Members
Jennifer Beer, Jim Berg
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Heritage Council Advisory Committees
Archaeology Advisory Committee
Role
To provide advice to the Heritage Council on historical archaeological heritage matters.
Heritage Council Members
Anita Smith, Oona Nicolson
Heritage Victoria Member
Jeremy Smith, Brandi Bugh (Secretary)
External Members
Mark Eccleston, Susan Lawrence, Peter Lovell, Charlotte Smith, Kristal Buckley, Andrew
Jamieson, Catherine Tucker, Wayne Hill, Rick Bullers
Chair
Anita Smith
Industrial Engineering Heritage Advisory Committee
Role
To provide advice to the Heritage Council on issues related to historic industrial and
engineering heritage including mining sites.
Heritage Council Members
Helen Lardner, Jim Norris
External Members
Mathew Churchward, Charles Fahey, Julia Lamborn, Stuart McLennan, David Moloney, Ian
Newnham, Geoff Sutherland, Gary Vines
Chair
Helen Lardner
Intangible and Moveable Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee
Role
To provide advice to the Heritage Council on the recognition of intangible cultural heritage
and the management of moveable cultural heritage.
Heritage Council Members
Bill Logan, Emma Russell
External Members
Kate Prinsley, Laura Miles, Erica Sanders, Daniel Wilksch, Eleanor Bourke, Kristal Buckley
Chair
Emma Russell
Landscape Advisory Committee
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Role
To provide advice to the Heritage Council on the identification and management of
landscapes with cultural heritage significance.
Heritage Council Members
Bryn Davies, Ursula de Jong, Helen Martin
Heritage Victoria Members
John Hawker
External Members
Kristal Buckley, Denise Lovett, Claire Scott, Robin Crocker
Chair
Bryn Davies
Local Government and Urban Areas Advisory Committee
Role
To provide advice to the Heritage Council on the management of heritage at local
government level.
Heritage Council Members
Jon Hickman, Helen Martin, Jim Norris, Robert Sands
Heritage Victoria Members
Ian Wight
External Members
Geoff Austin, Sherry Hopkins, Renate Howe, Gabrielle Moylan, Lucinda Peterson, Renate
Howe
Chair
Robert Sands
Maritime Heritage Advisory Committee
Role
To provide advice to the Heritage Council on maritime heritage issues.
Heritage Council Members
Keir Reeves, Jim Norris, Oona Nicolson
Heritage Victoria Members
Peter Harvey, Toni Massey (part)
External Members
Jan Carey, Wayne Hill, Shirley Strachan, David Shennan, Peter Abbott, Kellie Clayton,
Catherine Tucker, Peter Taylor
Chair
Keir Reeves
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Religious Places Advisory Committee
Role
To provide advice to the Heritage Council on the broad range of heritage conservation issues
facing places of religious worship.
Heritage Council Members
Ursula de Jong
Heritage Victoria Members
Ian Wight
External Members
Kirsty Bennett, Dermot Cannon, Richard Falkinger, Anthony Knight, Theo MacKaay, Walter
Phillips, Rohan Storey, Gaye McKenzie
Chair
Ursula de Jong
Technical Advisory Committee
Role
To provide advice to the Heritage Council on the technical and practical issues of building
conservation, and to promote best practice.
Heritage Council Members
Donald Kerr, Helen Lardner
Heritage Victoria Members
Jenny Dickens
Other Members
Susan Balderstone, David Beauchamp, Donald Ellsmore, Meredith Gould, Peter Lovell,
Stuart McLennan, David Rowe, David Young, Ken MacLeod
Chair
Donald Kerr
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10. Financial and Other Reports
The 2013-2014 Annual Report of the Heritage Council is prepared in accordance with
all relevant Victorian legislation. The Financial Reports, Statement of Legislative
Compliance and Disclosure Index are provided to meet a range of mandatory
reporting requirements.
10.1 Disclosure index
This index has been prepared to facilitate identification of the authority’s compliance
with statutory disclosure requirements.
CLAUSE/
LEGISLATION
DISCLOSURE/REQUIREMENT
PAGE
NUMBER/PAGE
REFERENCE
22B
MANNER OF ESTABLISHMENT AND THE RELEVANT
MINISTERS
74 (SLC)
22B
OBJECTIVES, FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES
6
22B
NATURE AND RANGE OF SERVICES PROVIDED
6
SD4.2 (j)
ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER’S DECLARATION
71
22B
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
75 (SLC)
22B
NAMES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS
44-47
22B
COMMITTEES
49-53
22B
WORKFORCE DATA
74 (SLC)
22B
EMPLOYMENT AND CONDUCT PRINCIPLES / MERIT
AND EQUITY
74 (SLC)
15A
EXECUTIVE OFFICER DISCLOSURES
N/A
22B
FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS
56
22B
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN FINANCIAL POSITION
56
22B
OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE AGAINST
OBJECTIVES
8-9
22B
MAJOR CHANGES OR FACTORS AFFECTING
PERFORMANCE
74 (SLC)
22B
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS WHICH WILL AFFECT
OPERATIONS IN FUTURE YEARS
74 (SLC), 69
22B
DETAILS OF CONSULTANCIES
74 (SLC)
12A
MAJOR CONTRACTS
74 (SLC)
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22B
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982
75 (SLC)
22B
PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012
75 (SLC)
22B
BUILDING ACT 1993
76(SLC)
OFFICE BASED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
76 (SLC)
22B
NATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY
76 (SLC)
22B
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
76 (SLC)
SD4.5.5
RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
77 (SLC)
10
DISCLOSURE INDEX
54-55
VICTORIAN INDUSTRY PARTIPATION POLICY
77 (SLC)
MULTICULTURAL VICTORIA ACT 2004/ COMMUNITY 77 (SLC)
INCLUSIVENESS.
22B
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AVAILABILITY OF OTHER INFORMATION
77 (SLC)
HERITAGE COUNCIL OF VICTORIA
SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL RESULTS
Notes
2014
$’000
2013
$’000
2012
$’000
2011
$’000
2010
$’000
Revenue
1
1,759
2,389
2,209
2,063
2,591
Expenses
2
3,357
1,612
2,212
2,986
2,304
(1,598)
777
(4)
(923)
287
Net Result
Total Assets
3
4,634
5,955
4,003
4,121
4,924
Total Liabilities
4
1884
1607
432
547
426
Notes:
1)
Operating Revenue is reduced due to less grants received from Heritage
Victoria and other Government entities.
2)
Operating expenses have increased as the Council met its grant commitment
for Victoria's Heritage Restoration Fund, as well as general increase in
operating costs.
3)
Total Assets has declined as Heritage Council increased its payment of
grants from its reserve, as well as a general increase in operating costs.
4)
Total Liabilities are consistent with previous year 2012-13, except for
nominal journal done by the Department of Transport, Planning and Local
Infrastructure (DTPLI) to recognise amount owing to the Department as
Heritage Council uses the Department's bank account.
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COMPREHENSIVE OPERATING STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE
2014
Note
2014
$
2013
$
REVENUE
Income
Grants from government
Permit fees
Planning certificates fees
Archaeological security deposits
2
1,095,000
214,880
189,625
187,931
1,827,858
161,145
148,300
131,693
69,320
52,058
2,212
_________
1,758,967
68,192
_________
2,389,246
718,079
2,043,213
397,987
7,500
190,607
_________
3,357,385
_________
(1,598,418)
_________
636,210
357,768
499,215
118,593
________
1,611,786
_________
777,460
_________
-
-
__________
(1,598,418)
________
777,460
Interest
Interest income
Other Income
Other income
EXPENSES
Administration expenses
Grants and historic property restoration
Heritage project expenses
Bad and Doubtful Debts
Members Fees
Net Result for the reporting period
Other Comprehensive Income
Comprehensive Result
3
5
4
10
The above Comprehensive Operating Statement should be read in conjunction with the
accompanying notes.
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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 JUNE 2014
Note
2014
$
2013
$
Assets
Cash
Receivables
Loans receivable
6
4,551,960
42,704
39,612
5,806,459
76,072
72,412
4,634,276
5,954,943
525,265
104,191
1,255,000
109,283
247,422
1,250,000
Total liabilities
1,884,456
1,606,705
Net assets
2,749,820
4,348,238
1,530,013
1,219,807
1,530,013
2,818,225
2,749,820
4,348,238
7
Total assets
Liabilities
Payables
Archaeological Security deposits
Long Term Security deposits
8
9
Equity
Contributed capital
Accumulated surplus
10(a)
10(b)
Total equity
Commitments
Contingencies Assets & Liabilities
11
11
The above Balance Sheet should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED
30 JUNE 2014
Accumulated
Surplus
$
Balance at 1 July 2012
Net result for the year
3,570,778
777,460
Balance at 30 June 2013
Net result for the year
4,348,238
(1,598,418)
Balance at 30 June 2014
2,749,820
The above Statement of Changes in Equity should be read in conjunction with the
accompanying notes.
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CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 June 2014
Note
2014
$
2013
$
Cash flows from operating activities
Receipts from Government
Receipts from other entities (incl. GST)
Payments to suppliers and employees (incl.GST)
Interest income
Grants
2
1,095,000
582,856
(1,065,347)
64,794
(1,793,570)
1,827,858
1,001,386
(1,326,846)
52,058
(357,768)
Net cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities
6
(1,116,268)
1,196,688
25,300
46,148
25,300
46,148
(163,531)
886,142
(163,531)
886,142
(1,254,499)
5,806,459
2,128,978
3,677,481
4,551,960
5,806,459
Cash flows from financing activities
Loans repaid
Net cash inflow from financing activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Receipts of security deposits
Net cash inflow from investing activities
Net increase (decrease) in cash held
Cash at the beginning of the financial year
Cash at the end of the financial year
6
The above Cash Flow Statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying
notes.
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Notes to the General Purpose Financial Statements
for the period ended 30 June 2014
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The annual financial statements represent the audited general purpose financial statements for the Heritage Council of
Victoria.
(a) Statement of compliance
These general purpose financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Management Act 1994
(Vic) and applicable Australian Accounting Standards, including interpretations (AASs). AASs include Australian
equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards.
Where applicable, those paragraphs of the AASs applicable to not for profit entities have been applied.
The annual financial statements were authorised for issue by the Acting Accountable Officer on 12 September 2014.
(b) Basis of Preparation
These notes form part of and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Heritage Council of Victoria
for the year ended 30 June 2014.
This general purpose financial statement has been prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention, except for
certain assets and liabilities which, as noted, are at valuation. The accounting policies adopted, and the classification and
presentation of items are consistent with those of the previous year, except where a change is required to comply with an
Australian Accounting Standard. The accrual basis of accounting has been applied in the preparation of these financial
statements whereby assets, liabilities, equity, income and expenses are recognised in the reporting period to which they
relate, regardless of when cash is received or paid.
The significant policies which have been adopted in the preparation of these financial statements are:
(c) Revenue Recognition
Grants from government
Government contributions are recognised when the Heritage Council of Victoria obtains control of the funds. All other
revenue is recognised when controlled (i.e. when received or receivable).
Interest income
Interest income is interest received and accrued for in the financial year on term deposits and other investments held with
Treasury Corporation Victoria.
Permit and Consent fees
The Heritage (General) Regulations 2005 set out the prescribed fee required to accompany an application for a permit or
consent application pursuant to the Heritage Act 1995. A permit is required for alterations to a place included in the
Victorian Heritage Register unless a permit exemption is provided. A consent is required for works which may affect the
historical archaeology of a Heritage Inventory site. Permit and consent fees are recognised when the applications are
lodged, together with payment of fees.
Planning Certificate Fees
Certificate fees are levied to advise an applicant whether or not a place or object is included in the Heritage Register under
the Heritage Act 1995 and the category in which it is registered. Planning certificate fees are recognised at the time
applications are lodged together with payment of fees.
Archaeological security deposits
Until 1 February 2014, proponents undertaking works in accordance with approvals issued under the Heritage Act, that are
likely to contain significant historical archaeological artefacts, have been required to provide payment of an Archaeological
Security Deposit. The security deposit funds conservation and collection management work at the Conservation Centre. On
the generation of a security deposit, 20% of the amount is recognised as revenue. The remaining amount is withheld in a
liability account to fund all required artefact conservation works at the conclusion of the excavation project. At the
completion of the conservation works an assessment is done to verify the value of the completed works, and the
corresponding amount is recognised as revenue. The remainder is returned to the proponent (less the initial 20% levy).
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(Note 1 continued…)
(d) Receivable
All debtors are recognised at the amounts receivable as they are due for settlement at no more than 30 days from the date of
recognition.
Collectability of debtors is reviewed on an ongoing basis. Debts which are known to be uncollectable are written off. A
provision for doubtful debts is raised when some doubt as to collection exists.
(e) Loans Receivable
Heritage Council of Victoria provides grants and low interest loans to persons currently in the possession of buildings of
historic significance, for restoration and maintenance.
When a loan is provided, a signed contract is entered into to secure the Heritage Council of Victoria’s interest. Prior to
1991, the need for a Bank Guarantee was determined by the Heritage Council of Victoria Finance Committee, based on the
loan applicant's ability to repay the loan at that point in time. Subsequently the Heritage Council of Victoria now requires
that all loans be fully secured by a Bank Guarantee with the exception of loans provided to church authorities and local and
state government authorities.
(f) Cash
For purposes of the Cash Flow Statement, cash includes cash at bank and 11am call deposits and short term deposits less
than 90 days.
(g) Payables – Trade and Other Creditors
These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Heritage Council of Victoria prior to the end of
the financial year and which are unpaid. The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within 30 days of recognition.
(h) Employee Benefits
(i) The Heritage Council of Victoria does not employ any staff directly. The staffing resources are provided by Heritage
Victoria within the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure.
(ii) Member fees
Council Members are remunerated for attending various Council meetings. (Refer Note 13)
(i) Long Term Security Deposits
Section 74(4) of Heritage Act 1995 allows the Executive Director to impose a condition on a permit requiring security to be
given to ensure satisfactory completion of works – usually conservation works. It allows the form and amount of security to
be determined by the Executive Director.
(j) Goods and Services Tax
Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of GST except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable, in
which case it is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of an asset or part of an item of expense. The net amount of
GST recoverable from, or payable to, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is included as part of receivables or payables
in the Balance Sheet. The GST component of a receipt or payment is recognised on a gross basis in the Cash Flow
Statement in accordance with Accounting Standard AASB 107 Cash Flow Statements.
(k) Rounding Off
Rounding off to the nearest dollar has been adopted in the Financial Statements.
(l) AASs issued that are not yet effective
The Heritage Council of Victoria have considered these and there is no significant impact expected on the Heritage
Council.
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2014
$
2013
$
Note 2: Grants from Government
Grants from Government during the year comprised:
State Government Contributions
TOTAL GRANTS FROM GOVERNMENT
1,095,000
1,827,858
1,095,000
1,827,858
615,127
102,952
574,941
61,269
718,079
636,210
297,913
100,073
494,715
4,500
397,987
499,215
2,043,213
357,768
Note 3: Administration expenses
Administration Expenses comprised the following:
Administrative Costs *
Advertising, Publicity and Information
* mainly relates to the hiring of professional services for
Heritage building feasibility studies, education and training
and conservation management plans.
Note 4: Heritage Project Expenses
Project Staffing Costs
Contractors Expenses
Note 5: Grants for historic property restoration
The Executive Director with the consent of the Heritage Council,
provided grants for the purpose of assisting with the conservation of
any part of Victoria's cultural heritage.
Note 6: Notes to the Cash Flow Statement
Reconciliation of Cash
Cash at the end of the reporting period as shown in the Cash Flow Statement
is reconciled to the related items in the Balance Sheet as follows:
Cash at Bank
At call deposits
1,801,960
2,750,000
3,606,459
2,200,000
Total
4,551,960
5,806,459
(1,598,418)
777,460
415,982
1,925
66,168
417,303
(1,116,268)
1,196,688
Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to
Net Result for the reporting period
Net Result for the reporting period
Adjustment prior period
Depreciation
Proceeds from disposal of assets
Increase/(Decrease) in Payables and Accruals
Increase/(Decrease) in Provision for Employee Entitlements
(Increase)/Decrease in Receivables
Bad and Doubtful Debts
Net Cash provided by Operating Activities
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2014
$
2013
$
Note 7: Loans Receivable
Heritage Council of Victoria Loans
Movements in this account are as follows:
Opening Balance 1 July 2013
Less: Repayments
Less: Bad Debts
72,412
(25,300)
118,560
(46,148)
72,412
Less: Loans write off
47,112
(7,500)
Closing Balance 30 June 2014
39,612
72,412
Loans are disclosed as follows
Current
Non-Current
8,350
31,262
25,300
47,112
39,612
72,412
The current portion of loans receivable is calculated as the total loan repayments due and receivable in the 12-month
period after balance date.
Note 8: Payables
Trade Creditors
Other creditor (DTPLI)
Accruals
38,746
406,409
80,111
109,283
525,265
109,283
104,191
247,422
104,191
247,422
1,530,013
-
1,530,013
-
______________
______________
1,530,013
1,530,013
2,818,225
-
2,040,765
-
Note 9: Archaeological security deposits
Security Deposits
Current
Non Current
Note 10: Equity and movements in equity
(a) Contributed Capital
Balance 1 July 2013
Transfer from Accumulated surplus
Balance 30 June 2014
(b) Accumulated Surplus / Loss
Balance 1 July 2013
Transfer to Contributed Capital
Prior period adjustment
Net result for the reporting period
(1,598,418)
777,460
______________
______________
Balance 30 June 2014
1,219,807
2,818,225
Equity Balance
2,749,820
4,348,238
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2014
$
2013
$
Note 11: Commitments and contingencies
(a)
Commitments to Pay Out Loans and Grants
In addition to the loans and grants issued during the year, total
approvals given by the Heritage Council up to 30 June 2014,
provide for the issue of a further $888,264 (2013 - $1,671,478) in
loans and grants in future years.
These commitments are represented as follows, but are not
reflected in the Comprehensive Operating Statement and Balance
Sheet until the option has been taken up by the applicant.
Grant Commitments
Loan Commitments
(b)
Commitments for Expenditure
At reporting date, the Heritage Council of Victoria has
operating commitments.
Expenditure Commitments
848,264
40,000
1,631,478
40,000
888,264
1,671,478
200,126
-
200,126
-
(c)
Commitments for Capital Expenditure
At reporting date, the Heritage Council of Victoria has no commitments for Capital expenditure.
(d)
Contingent Assets
At reporting date there are contingent assets as follows:
Bank guarantees, totalling $4,782,262, are held by Heritage Council Victoria as financial security for the following:
(a) pursuant to a condition of a permit $4,628,000
(b) loans $109,658
(c) Murtoa Stick Shed Contracts $44,604
(e)
Unquantifiable Contingent Liabilities
At reporting date the unquantifiable contingent liabilities are as follows:
Heritage Council and the Executive Director, Heritage Victoria are joint defendants for a Supreme Court appeal
hearing in April 2015.
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Note 12: Financial instruments
(a)
Terms, Conditions and Accounting Policies
The Heritage Council of Victoria's accounting policies, including the term and condition of each class of financial
asset and financial liability, both recognised and unrecognised at balance date, are as follows:
Recognised Financial
Instruments
(i)
(ii)
Accounting Policies
Terms and Conditions
Cash on hand and Term Deposits are
carried at the principal amount.
Cash is invested, when available, at
varying interest rates between
2.45% -2.8%.
Receivables
Receivables are carried at nominal
amounts due less any provision for
doubtful debts. Estimated doubtful
debts are based on examination and
assessment of each individual debt.
Generally normal credit terms are
30 days.
Other receivables mainly relate to
government departments and
agencies and as such the credit risk
is minimal.
Loans
Loans are carried at their principal
amounts.
No interest has been charged in
current financial year.
Payables are recognised for amounts to
be paid in the future for goods and
services received whether or not billed
by the supplier.
Terms of Settlement are generally
30 days from the date of invoice in
line with government policies.
Security deposits are held in trust to
ensure the site is returned to its former
state and the proper cataloguing and
conservation of any excavated material.
Any balance is returned to the
applicant on completion of the
project. Security deposits retained
are treated as revenue and used to
meet expenses incurred.
Financial Assets
Cash assets and
investments
Financial Liabilities
Payables
Archaeological Security
Deposits
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Note 12: Financial Instruments
(b)
(i)
Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate exposure
The Council's exposure to interest rate risk and effective interest rates of financial assets and financial liabilities both
recognised and unrecognised at balance date are as follows:
Financial Instruments
Financial Assets
Bank
At call account - Fixed
At call account -Variable
Loans Receivable
Receivables
Total Financial Assets
Fixed Interest
Variable Interest
2014
$
2013
$
2,450,000
1,900,000
-
-
2,450,000
1,900,000
Financial Liabilities
Payables
Archaeological Security
Deposit
Long Term Security
Deposit
Total Financial
Liabilities
-
-
Non-Interest
Bearing
2014
$
2013
$
1,801,960
3,606,459
300,000
300,000
Weighted
Effective
Interest Rate
2013
$
2014
$
-
-
39,612
42,704
72,412
76,072
2,101,960
3,906,459
82,316
148,484
-
-
525,265
104,191
109,283
247,422
1,255,000
1,250,000
1,884,456
1,606,705
-
-
2014
%
2013
%
N/A
2.7
2.4
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.8
2.7
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
(ii) Interest rate sensitivity
Taking into account past performance, future expectations, economic forecasts, and management's knowledge and
experience of the financial markets, the Council believes the following movements are 'reasonably possible' over the next
12 months (Base rates are sourced from Reserve Bank of Australia)
A parallel shift of +2.5% and -1% in market interest rates (AUD) from year-end rates.
Carrying
amount
Interest rate risk
subject to
interest
-1%
2.5%
100 basis points
200 basis points
2014
Financial Assets
Cash and cash equivalents – floating interest
$’000
Profit
$’000
Equity
$’000
Profit
$’000
Equity
$’000
2102
-21
-21
53
53
2013
Financial Assets
Cash and cash equivalents – floating interest
$’000
$’000
$’000
$’000
$’000
3906
-39
-39
98
98
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Note 12: Financial Instruments continued
(c)
Net Fair Value
Financial Instruments
(d)
Total carrying amount
2014
2013
$
$
Aggregate Net Fair Value
2014
2013
$
$
Financial Assets
Bank
Loans Receivable
Receivables
4,551,960
39,612
42,704
5,806,459
72,412
76,072
4,551,960
39,612
42,704
5,806,459
72,412
76,072
Total Financial Assets
4,634,276
5,954,943
4,634,276
5,954,943
Financial Liabilities
Payables
Archaeological Security Deposit
Long Term Security Deposit
525,265
104,191
1,255,000
109,283
247,422
1,250,000
525,265
104,191
1,255,000
109,283
247,422
1,250,000
Total Financial Liabilities
1,884,456
1,606,705
1,884,456
1,606,705
Credit Risk Exposures
The Heritage Council of Victoria's maximum exposures to credit risk at balance date in relation to each class of
recognised financial assets is the carrying amount of those assets as indicated in the Balance Sheet.
(e)
Interest rate risk
The Heritage Council of Victoria has exposure to interest rate risk on its short-term deposits in a Cash Management
Account held with by the Department of Transport, Planning and Local Infrastructure. The Heritage Council of
Victoria considers that this risk is low as it does not rely on these funds for daily cashflow operations.
(f)
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Council will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The
Council’s policy is to meet its financial obligations within 30 days of a valid tax invoice being provided.
The liquidity risk exposure is due to income from contributory bodies not being received by Council in a timely
manner to meet Council’s financial obligations. This is managed through the maintaining of a level of working
capital and tight cash flow management.
(g)
Market risk
Heritage Council does not owe any loans or face exposure with foreign currency risk or any other price risk. The
Council does hold cash assets that may have an impact from increase/decrease in interest rate risk.
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Note 13: Disclosures related to Responsible Persons
In accordance with the Directions of the Minister for Finance under the Financial Management Act 1994, the
following disclosures are made for Responsible Persons.
Persons who held the above positions in relation to the Heritage Council of Victoria at any time during the reporting
period are:
Responsible Minister –
The Hon. Matthew Guy MP (Minister for Planning) - 1 July 2013 - 30 June 2014.
Members – 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014:
Alternate Members–1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014:
Daryl Jackson (Chair)
Anita Smith
Lindsay Merritt
Trish Vejby
Helen Lardner
Ursula De Jong
Helen Martin
Emma Russell
Mary Urquhart
Bill Logan
Robert Sands
Oona Nicholson
Jon Hickman
James Norris
Bryn Davies
Tony Darvall
Keir Reeves
Peter Sagar
Donald Kerr (Alternate Member 1 July 2013 - 12 August 2013, Full Member 13 August 2013 - 30 June 2014)
Max Chester (Alternate Member 13 August 2013 - 30 June 2014)
Acting Accountable Officer - Steven Avery 1 July 2013 – 13 October 2013
Accountable Officer - Tim Smith 14 October 2013 – 30 June 2014
Remuneration of Responsible Persons (excluding the Ministers and the Accountable Officer)
Income Between:
$0 - $9,999
$10,000 - $19,999
Total remuneration received, or due and receivable,
by Responsible Persons from the reporting entity
amounted to:
2014
No
15
5
2013
No
17
3
__________________________
__________________________
20
20
__________________________
_________________________
$
$
156,500
99,031
_________________________
_________________________
Amounts relating to the Minister are reported in the Financial Statements of the Department of Premier and Cabinet
and the Accountable Officer is reported separately in the Financial Statements of the Department of Transport,
Planning and Local Infrastructure. The Heritage Council of Victoria does not have any Executive Officers.
Other Transactions of Responsible Persons and their Related Entities.
Mr Tony Darvell is also a director of Linking Melbourne Authority and Vic Roads.
Heritage Council has had interaction with Linking Melbourne Authority and Vic Roads on normal commercial
terms. Linking Melbourne Authority amounted to $35,800 and Vic Roads amounted to $175 in 2013/2014.
Ursula Maria De Jong is a director of National Trust of Australia (Victoria).
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) has had interactions with Heritage Council on normal commercial terms.
This amounted to $3,720.
Jon Hickman is Deputy Chair, Zoological Parks and Gardens Board and also a Board Member of Anglican Diocesan
Schools Commission (resigned December 2013).
Heritage Council has had interaction with Melbourne Zoo Victoria and the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne on
normal commercial terms. Melbourne Zoo Victoria amounted to $2,259 and the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
amounted to $5,000.
Other receivables from and payables to Responsible Persons and their Related Parties.
There were no other receivables from or payables to Responsible Persons and Responsible Person related parties
during the current year or in the previous year.
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Note 14: Remuneration of auditors
Victorian Auditor-General’s Office
Audit or review of the financial statements
2014
2013
14,400
14,000
Note 15: Subsequent Events
The Heritage Council of Victoria is not aware of any other circumstances that have arisen, or information that has
become available between 30 June 2014 and the date of final approval of this general purpose financial report that
qualifies for inclusion as a post balance date event.
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10.3 Statement of Legislative Compliance
MANNER OF ESTABLISHMENT AND THE RELEVANT MINISTERS
The Heritage Council of Victoria is an independent statutory authority established
under the Heritage Act 1995.
The relevant Minister for the reporting period was the Minister for Planning, the Hon
Matthew Guy.
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
The Heritage Council does not employ any staff but is supported by the Executive
Director, Heritage Victoria and a Secretariat consisting of DTPLI employees.
WORKFORCE DATA
The Heritage Council does not employ any staff but is supported by the Executive
Director, Heritage Victoria and a Secretariat consisting of DTPLI employees.
MERIT AND EQUITY
The Heritage Council does not employ any staff but is supported by the Executive
Director, Heritage Victoria and a Secretariat consisting of DTPLI employees.
The Council notes the merit and equity principles under the Public Administration Act
2004 and complies with these principles. It also follows its own protocols designed to
ensure its actions are fair, impartial and responsive.
MAJOR CHANGES OR FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE
There were no major changes or factors affecting the performance of the Heritage
Council.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS WHICH WILL AFFECT OPERATIONS IN FUTURE
YEARS
The Heritage Council is not aware of any events that have occurred since balance
date, which would impact on its future financial position.
CONSULTANCIES
The Heritage Council did not engage any consultancies during the 2013-2014
reporting period.
MAJOR CONTRACTS
The Heritage Council’s contract with Period Restoration Services for the repair and
restoration of the Murtoa Stick Shed Grain Store continued. The Victorian
Government has expended $1.6 m on this project over several years.
No major contracts (above $10 million) were entered into in the 2013-2014 reporting
period.
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1982
The Freedom of Information Act 1982 allows the public a right of access to
documents held by the Heritage Council. There were two requests received during
the 2013-2014 reporting period.
Freedom of Information requests are made in writing describing the documents
requested and including payment of the $26.50 application fee. Further charges may
be payable. FOI fees and charges are not subject to GST.
Requests are sent to:
Leo Martin
Manager - Heritage Council Secretariat
PO Box 2392
Melbourne, 3001
Telephone: (03) 9208 3694
email: heritage.council@dtpli.vic.gov.au
PROTECTED DISCLOSURE ACT 2012 (formerly the Whistleblowers
Protection Act 2001)
The Protected Disclosure Act 2012 (PDA), which replaced the Whisteblowers
Protection Act 2001 (WPA) on 10 February 2013, encourages and assists people in
making disclosures of improper conduct by public officers and public bodies. The
PDA provides protection to people who make disclosures in accordance with the
PDA and establishes a system for the matters disclosed to be investigated and
rectifying action to be taken.
The Department does not tolerate improper conduct by employees, nor the taking of
reprisals against those who come forward to disclose such conduct. It is committed to
ensuring transparency and accountability in its administrative and management
practices and supports the making of disclosures that reveal corrupt conduct,
conduct involving a substantial mismanagement of public resources, or conduct
involving a substantial risk to public health and safety or the environment.
The Department will take all reasonable steps to protect people who make such
disclosures from any detrimental action in reprisal for making the disclosure. It will
also afford natural justice to the person who is the subject of the disclosure to the
extent it is legally possible.
The reporting below deals with both the Whistleblowers Protection Act and the
Protected Disclosure Act.
The number of disclosures made by an individual to the Department and
notified to the independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission:
Assessable disclosures
The Heritage Council developed a set of protected Disclosure Procedures
which were formally adopted by the Council on 3 April 2014.
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Nil
Reporting procedures
Disclosures of improper conduct or detrimental action by the Department or any of its
employees and/or officers may be made to The Protected Disclosure Co-ordinator for
the Heritage Council:
Leo Martin
Manager - Heritage Council Secretariat
PO Box 2392
Melbourne, 3001
Telephone: (03) 9208 3694
email: heritage.council@dtpli.vic.gov.au
Alternatively, disclosures of improper conduct or detrimental action by the
Department or any of its employees and/or officers may also be made directly to the
Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission:
Level 1, North Tower, 459 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
Phone: 1300 735 135
Internet: www.ibac.vic.gov.au
Email: [see the website above for the secure email disclosure process, which also
provides for anonymous disclosures]
BUILDING ACT 1993
The Heritage Council does not have its own offices. However, the Council’s approach
to the use of Department of Transport Planning and Local Infrastructure (DTPLI)
buildings has enabled those Departments to meet their obligations in relation to
compliance with the building and maintenance provisions of the Building Act 1993.
OFFICE BASED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
The Heritage Council does not have its own offices. However, the Council supports
programs implemented by the Department of Transport, Planning and Local
Infrastructure (DTPLI) to minimise environmental impacts through reduced energy
use, waste production, paper use and water consumption and transportation.
It also gives preference to environmentally friendly products in print and other
purchases.
NATIONAL COMPETITION POLICY
Competitive neutrality seeks to enable fair competition between government and
private sector businesses. Any advantages or disadvantages that government
businesses may experience, simply as a result of government ownership, should be
neutralised. The Heritage Council continues to implement and apply this principle in
its business undertakings.
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY
The Heritage Council is supported by the Executive Director, Heritage Victoria and
Heritage Council Secretariat staff, who are employed within the DTPLI and are
embraced by the Department’s OH&S Management.
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AVAILABILITY OF OTHER INFORMATION
Information relevant to the Financial Reporting Direction 22B of the Financial
Management Act 1994 is held at the Heritage Council’s office and is available on
request, subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
VICTORIAN INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION POLICY
The Heritage Council has not engaged or had any ongoing contracts (tenders) to
which the Victorian Industry Participation Policy (VIPP) applies. Therefore it has not
implemented the VIPP.
COMMUNITY INCLUSIVENESS
The Heritage Council of Victoria, an independent statutory authority created to
promote and advise on the protection and conservation of Victoria’s non-Indigenous
cultural heritage, notes the State Government’s pledge to a whole of Government
approach to Community Inclusiveness. The Heritage Council takes an inclusive
approach by seeking to engage with the entire Victorian community through its
communications/ outreach work and identifying, protecting and promoting heritage
that reflects Victoria’s diverse and multicultural community.
RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
The Heritage Council does not have a formal risk management policy, however,
during the 2013-14 reporting period it continued to examine its risk exposure and
document mitigation activities against that exposure.
Activities to mitigate risk exposure include:
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the operation of the Heritage Council's Finance and Risk Management
Committee and the adoption of a procurement process
regular financial reporting to the Heritage Council by the Finance and Risk
Management Committee
development of a Heritage Council risk register
the adoption and monitoring of an annual business plan
the adoption of protocols for hearings, meetings and relationships with
external stakeholders.
Jim Norris
Acting Chair
12/09/14
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